Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
In Context
1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
Job 34:19How much less to him that respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.
Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
James 2:2For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;
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 →