Proverbs 22:2

Compare the margin reference. Another recognition of the oneness of a common humanity, overriding all distinctions of rank.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 22:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

The rich and poor (b) meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all. (b) Live together, and have need the one of the other.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 22:6 . in the way he should go puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way i.e. trai...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

poor . needy. Hebrew. rush. See note on Proverbs 6:11 . Same word as in Proverbs 22:7 . Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 22:9 ; Prover...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. The rich and poor meet together - עשיר ashir the opulent, whether in money, lan...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The rich and poor meet together— The world does not consist all of rich, nor all of poor; but they are mixed together, and have need one of another...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the Maker of them all. Thoug...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. To be regarded with favour is better than silver and gold. This v. is inscribed in large letters on the walls of Manchester Exchange. Rabbi Sime...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

'A man's a man for a' that.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The rich and poor meet together. — Are thrown together in the world in order to aid each other in the path through life, remembering that they are...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“He That Loveth Pureness of Heart” Proverbs 22:1-16 Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they aff...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:2 . The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having refer...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE MAKER OF HIGH AND LOW ‘The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the Maker of them all.’ Proverbs 22:2 I. ‘The Lord is the Maker of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The rich and poor meet together ,.... In an hostile way, as some; they rush upon one another; the rich despise the poor, and the poor envy the rich;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all. Ver. 2. The rich and the poor meet together. ] They have mutual need one of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The rich and the poor meet together “The world doth not consist all of rich, nor all of poor; but they are mixed together, and have need one of a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 The rich and poor meet together: the L ORD is the maker of them all. Note, 1. Among the children of men divine Providence has s...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The rich and poor meet together; either, 1. In a way of hostility or opposition, as this word is sometimes used; the rich contemning and oppressi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:2 LEVELLING DOWN AND LEVELLING UP I. The rich and the poor have much in common . They have, in fact, everything...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 22:2 The text reminds us that all mankind are alike in their origin. Moreover, the souls of all alike are equally precious in His sight,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 22:1 . A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for h...
The Biblical Illustrator

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. The mixture of rich and poor I. In all civil societies there are rich and t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches . It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 2. The rich and poor meet together, they are found side by side, in agreement with God's order in the world; the Lord is the Maker of them all,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:21 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 ; James 2:2-5 ; Job 31:15 ; Job 34:19 ; Luke 16:19 ; Luke 16:20 ; Proverbs 14:31 ; Proverbs 29:13 ; Psal...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Meet — They live together, and need one another. The maker — Not only as they are men, but as they are poor or rich, which difference comes from Go...

² The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 22:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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