Verse 2

The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:15 : 15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?
• Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
• Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.
• Job 34:19 : 19 who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
• 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye cannot say to the hand,“I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot,“I do not need you.”
• Jas 2:2-5 : 2 For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, 3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”? 4 If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
• 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.
• Ps 49:1-2 : 1 For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites. Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! 2 Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!
• Luke 16:19-20 : 19 The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,