Proverbs 22:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:15 : 15 He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies?
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 And the eye can not say vnto ye hande, I haue no neede of thee: Nor, the head agayne to the feete, I haue no neede of you.
  • Jas 2:2-5 : 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment: 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole: 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes? 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye.
  • Ps 49:1-2 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of the children of Corach. Heare this all ye people: geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde. 2 As well lowe as high: riche and poore, one with another.
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day. 20 And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:2
    82%

    2As well lowe as high: riche and poore, one with another.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6The Lord kylleth and maketh alyue, bryngeth downe to the graue & fetcheth vp agayne.

    7The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye.

    8He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.

    14The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • Job 34:19
    76%

    19God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.

  • Prov 22:1
    73%

    1A good name is more to be desired then great riches: and louing fauour is better then siluer and golde.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

    8With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.

  • Ps 41:1
    73%

    1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

  • Prov 18:23
    72%

    23The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.

  • Prov 19:4
    72%

    4Riches maketh many frendes: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.

  • Prov 14:20
    72%

    20The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

  • Prov 20:12
    71%

    12The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both.

  • Jas 1:10
    71%

    10Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

    9The encrease of the earth vpholdeth all thyng: yea the kyng hym selfe is maynteyned by husbandry.

  • Ps 113:7
    70%

    7He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust: and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll.

  • Prov 10:15
    70%

    15The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.

  • Jas 2:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?

    6But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    69%

    12And richesse and honour come of thee, and thou raignest ouer all, and in thyne hande is power & strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great and to geue strength vnto all.

  • Jas 2:2
    69%

    2For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment:

  • Prov 17:5
    69%

    5Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 10:22
    69%

    22The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche: and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it.

  • Prov 22:22
    68%

    22Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

  • Ps 14:6
    68%

    6As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore: because he reposeth his trust in God.

  • Eccl 9:2
    68%

    2It happeneth vnto one as vnto another, it goeth with the righteous as with the vngodly, with the good and cleane, as with the vncleane, with hym that offereth, as with him that offereth not: like as it goeth with the vertuous, so goeth it also with the sinner: as it happeneth vnto the pariured, so happeneth it also to hym that is afrayde to be forsworne.

  • Prov 22:4
    68%

    4By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde, commeth riches, honour, and life.

  • Prov 28:3
    68%

    3One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the kingdome is Gods: and he is the gouernour ouer the nations.

  • Rom 10:12
    68%

    12There is no difference betwene the Iewe & the Greke: for the same Lorde ouer al, is riche vnto al yt call vpon him.

  • Eccl 10:6
    68%

    6in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

  • Isa 66:2
    68%

    2As for these thynges, my hande hath made them all, and they are all created saith the Lorde: which of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite, and standeth in awe of my wordes.

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And the Lord sent Nathan vnto Dauid, and he came vnto him, and tolde him: There were two men in one citie, the one rich, & the other poore.

    2The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:

  • Ps 33:15
    68%

    15He fashioneth their heartes together: he vnderstandeth al their workes.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    68%

    17Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy:

  • Ps 148:11
    68%

    11Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

  • Jer 22:16
    67%

    16Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Job 27:19
    67%

    19When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.

  • Prov 28:22
    67%

    22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.