Verse 2

The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:15 : 15 Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers?
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'
  • Jas 2:2-5 : 2 Suppose a man with gold rings and dressed in fine clothes enters your assembly, and a poor man in filthy clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothing and say, 'Here is a good seat for you,' but tell the poor man, 'You stand there,' or 'Sit here by my footstool,' 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.'
  • Ps 49:1-2 : 1 For the director, a psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 Listen to this, all you peoples; give ear, all who dwell on the earth,
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores.