THEOSISProverbs 22:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
עָשִׁ֣יר וָרָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
- Prov 14:31He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.
- 1 Sam 2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:
- Prov 29:13The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both.
- Job 34:19Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.
- Jas 2:2For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire:
- Jas 2:5Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?
- 1 Cor 12:21And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help. Nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.