Proverbs 22:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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  • Job 31:15 : 15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
  • Jas 2:2-5 : 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes, 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool, 4 are you not then partial 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 brings low and lifts up.
  • Ps 49:1-2 : 1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:2
    82%

    2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.

    7The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up.

    8He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

    14The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Job 34:19
    76%

    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 22:1
    73%

    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Ps 41:1
    73%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 18:23
    72%

    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Prov 19:4
    72%

    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Prov 14:20
    72%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 20:12
    71%

    12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them.

  • Jas 1:10
    71%

    10But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

    9Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.

  • Ps 113:7
    70%

    7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

  • Prov 10:15
    70%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Jas 2:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Listen, 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?

    6But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    69%

    12Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

  • Jas 2:2
    69%

    2For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes,

  • Prov 17:5
    69%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 10:22
    69%

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 22:22
    68%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Ps 14:6
    68%

    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Eccl 9:2
    68%

    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

  • Prov 22:4
    68%

    4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

  • Prov 28:3
    68%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He is the governor among the nations.

  • Rom 10:12
    68%

    12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.

  • Eccl 10:6
    68%

    6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

  • Isa 66:2
    68%

    2For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, There were two men in one city; one was rich, and the other poor.

    2The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.

  • Ps 33:15
    68%

    15He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    68%

    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Ps 148:11
    68%

    11Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth;

  • Jer 22:16
    67%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • Job 27:19
    67%

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 28:22
    67%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.