Proverbs 22:2
The oisher (rich man) and the rahsh (pauper) have this in common: 1 Hashem is the Oseh (Maker) of them all. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
In Context
1A shem tov is rather to be desired than osher rav, 1 and chen (grace) rather than kesef and zahav. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7Hashem maketh poor, and bringeth oisher; 1 He bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1
Job 34:19Who shows no partiality to sarim (princes), 1 nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? 1 For they all are the ma'aseh (work) of His hands. 1
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the dal (poor) showeth contempt for his Oseh (Maker), 1 but he that honoreth Him is kind to the evyon (needy). 1
Luke 16:19Now there was a certain oisher (rich man). He was dressed in purple and fine linen, and yom yom (daily) he feasted sumptuosly and every day for him was to make a simcha. + 16:19 Ezek 16:49
James 2:2For if there enter into your Beit HaKnesset (House of Assembly, shul, synagogue, shtibel) a man with gold rings on his fingers in expensive bekeshe (kaftan) and shtreimel, and there enters also an underpriviledged nebach, a kabtzen (poor person) in shmattes (rags),
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Here are two things which are more valuable and which we should covet more than great riches:—1. To be well spoken of: A name (that is, a good name, a name for good things with God and good people) is rather to be chosen than great riches; that is, we should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name than that by which we may raise and increase a great estate. Great… Read the whole commentary →