Proverbs 22:2

Modern

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Traditional

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Literal

The rich and the poor meet together; the maker of them all is YHWH.

Latin

Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus.

Hebrew

English

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Remembering that the Lord created both rich and poor helps stop the exploitation of the poor.

Job 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
Job 34:19
…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
James 2:2–5
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
1 Corinthians 12:21
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
Psalm 49:1–2
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Luke 16:19–20
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.