Verse 2

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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,