Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
KJV
Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi : utriusque operator est Dominus.
Vulgate
πλούσιος καὶ πτωχὸς συνήντησαν ἀλλήλοις, ἀμφοτέρους δὲ ὁ κύριος ἐποίησεν.
LXX
The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
ASV
עָשִׁ֣יר וָ/רָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣/ם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ
npgshv
verb · 14×
עָשִׁ֣יר
'shyr
adjective · 23×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What do you understand by the providence of God? A. Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which he upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty — all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:21 — And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
- 1Sam 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- Deut 15:11 — For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
- Jas 2:2 — For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
- Job 31:15 — Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 31:15 — Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Prov 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Prov 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Prov 29:13 — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
- Prov 29:13 — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
- Ps 33:15 — He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
- Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Ps 49:2 — Both low and high, rich and poor, together.