Proverbs 22:2
There is one thing that is true about both rich people and poor people: Yahweh is the one who created all of them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor and you cause some people to be rich, you humble some people and you honor some people.
Job 34:19He does not favor rulers more than he favors others; he does not favor rich people more than poor people, because he created all of them.
Proverbs 14:31Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.
Luke 16:19Jesus also said [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore expensive purple linen garments. He ate luxuriously every day.
James 2:2For example, suppose that a person who wears gold rings and fine clothes enters your meeting place. Then suppose that a poor person who wears shabby/ragged clothes also comes in.
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 →