Proverbs 22:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
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.
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.
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