Proverbs 22:2

Proverbs 22:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
• New International Version (NIV)Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The rich and the poor have this in common, The Lord is the maker of them all.

Context of Proverbs 22:2

1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all. 3A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

Proverbs 22:2 word by word

עָשִׁ֣יר וָרָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• richעָשִׁיר‛âshîyr · richH6223
• poorרוּשׁrûsh · be poorH7326
• meetפָּגַשׁpâgash · to meetH6298

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:2

• Proverbs 29:13The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
• 1 Samuel 2:7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
• Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
• Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
• 1 Corinthians 12:21The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.
• James 2:2for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,
• Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
• Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?
• Job 34:19[How then to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.

Commentaries on Proverbs 22:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The rich and poor meet together - עשיר ashir the opulent, whether in money, land, or property; רש rash, the man that is destitute of these, and lives by his labor, whether a handicraftsman, or one that tills the ground. In the order of God, the rich and the poor live together, and are mutually helpful to each other. Without the poor, the rich could not be supplied with the articles which they consume; for the poor include all the laboring classes of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Compare the margin reference. Another recognition of the oneness of a common humanity, overriding all distinctions of rank.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2Verse 2 Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Remembering that the Lord created both rich and poor helps stop the exploitation of the poor.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Before God all are on the same footing (Pr 14:31; 17:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 22:2

• God
• Man
• Poor

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• Maker
• Evil
• Hide
• Lender
• Prudent
• Rob
• Train
• Poor
• Poverty
• Proverb

Commentaries on Proverbs 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings