Proverbs 22:2

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
² The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The Lord is the maker of them all.
³ The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

Face to Face

Rich and Poor

Jehovah

Job 31:15

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious 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.

1 Samuel 2:7

“The Lord makes poor and rich;
He brings low, He also exalts.

Job 34:19

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

Psalm 49:1-2

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

Luke 16:19-20

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

James 2:2-5

For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,