Proverbs 22:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs, it commeth all of God.

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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 shappen alyke in oure mothers bodies?
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye can not saye vnto the hande: I haue no nede of the: or agayne the heade vnto the fete, I haue no nede of you:
  • Jas 2:2-5 : 2 Yf ther come in to yor copany a ma wt a golde rynge and in goodly aparell, & ther come in also a poore man in vyle raymet, 3 & ye haue a respecte to him yt weareth the gaye clothinge & saye vnto hi: Sit thou here i a good place, & saye vnto ye poore, stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fote stole: 4 are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes? 5 Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him?
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche: He bryngeth lowe and exalteth.
  • Ps 49:1-2 : 1 O heare this, all ye people: pondre it well, all ye that dwell vpo the earth. 2 Hye & lowe, riche & poore, one wt another.
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 There was a certayne riche man, which clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen, and fared deliciously euery daye. 20 And there was a poore man named Lazarus which laye at his gate full of sores,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Hye & lowe, riche & poore, one wt another.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 The Lorde slayeth, and geueth life: he ledeth vnto hell, and bryngeth out agayne.

    7 The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche: He bryngeth lowe and exalteth.

    8 He taketh vp the neady out of the dust, and lifteth vp ye poore out of the myre, that he maye set them amonge the prynces, and to let them inheret the seate of honoure: for the foundacions and corners of the worlde are the LORDES, and he hath set the compase of the earth theron.

  • 78%

    13 The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.

    14 The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

  • 19 Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.

  • 7 The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.

  • 1 A good name is more worth then greate riches, and louynge fauor is better then syluer and golde.

  • 31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

  • 16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

    8 With goodes euery man delyuereth his life, and the poore wyl not be reproued.

  • 1 Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble.

  • 23 The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely, but the riche geueth a rough answere.

  • 4 Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.

  • 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neghbours, but the riche hath many frendes.

  • 11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

  • 17 He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

  • 6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

  • 12 As for the hearinge of the eare & the sight of ye eye, ye LORDE hath made the both.

  • 10 and the rich, in yt he is made lowe. For eue as the flor of ye grasse shal he vanyshe awaye.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.

    9 The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subieccion and bondage vnto ye kinge.

  • 7 Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust, and lifteth the poore out of the myre.

  • 15 The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

  • Jas 2:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him?

    6 But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?

  • 12 Thine are riches and honoure before ye, thou reignest ouer all, in thy hande consisteth power and might, in thy hade is it to make euery man greate and stronge.

  • 2 Yf ther come in to yor copany a ma wt a golde rynge and in goodly aparell, & ther come in also a poore man in vyle raymet,

  • 5 Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.

  • 22 The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

  • 22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment:

  • 6 Therfore shal they be brought in greate feare, for God stondeth by the generacion of the rightuous.

  • 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another: It goeth with the rightuous as with the vngodly: with the good & cleane as with the vncleane: with him that offereth as with him that offereth not: like as it goeth with the vertuous, so goeth it also with the synner: As it happeneth vnto the periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be man sworne.

  • 4 The ende of lowlynes & the feare of God, is riches, honor, prosperite and health.

  • 3 One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.

  • 28 For the kyngdome is the LORDES, and he shal be the gouernoure of ye Heithen.

  • 12 Here is no difference, nether of the Iewe ner of the Gentyle. For one is LORDE of all, which is riche vnto all yt call vpo him.

  • 6 in yt a foole sytteth in greate dignite, & the rich are sett downe beneth:

  • 2 As for these thinges, my hode hath made them all, and they are all created, saieth the LORDE. Which of them shal I then regarde? Eue him that is of a lowly troubled sprete, and stodeth in awe of my wordes.

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 And the LORDE sent Nathan vnto Dauid. Whan he came to him, he tolde him: There were two men in one cite, the one riche, the other poore.

    2 The riche man had very many shepe and oxen:

  • 15 He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them, & knoweth all their workes.

  • 17 Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

  • 11 Kynges of the earth & all people, princes & all iudges of ye worlde.

  • 16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.

  • 19 When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.

  • 9 A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.

  • 22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.