Verse 2

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:15 : 15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
• Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
• Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
• Job 34:19 : 19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
• 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."
• Jas 2:2-5 : 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in; 3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;" 4 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in 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 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
• Ps 49:1-2 : 1 Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together.
• Luke 16:19-20 : 19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. 20 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,