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Proverbs 22:2

God made everybody. So we are all responsible to him.

God made rich people. He gave wealth to them, so that they could help poor people (Proverbs 14:31).

God also made poor people. He cares about them (Isaiah 61:1). He will punish rich people who refuse to help poor people (Proverbs 17:5).

v3 When a wise man sees danger, he stays in a safe place.

But simple people do nothing, so they suffer.

v4 Be humble! Respect God!

You will receive wealth and honour. And you will have a life that satisfies you.

v5 There are many dangers for a wicked man. His life is like a path where there are sharp objects and traps.

A man who cares about his spirit avoids such dangers.

v6 Teach a child how he should behave!

When he is old, he will continue to do the right things.

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See also Proverbs 22:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 22:2. _THE RICH AND POOR MEET TOGETHER_] עשיר _ashir_ the _opulent_, whether in money, land, or property; רש _rash_, the man that is destitute of these, and lives by his labour, whethe...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorab...

  • 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._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The st...

  • 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; Prov

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Comp. Proverbs 29:13. The true remedy for social inequalities is not to abolish them, but to recognise Who it is that has appointed them, and the obligations of mutual consideration and respect which...

  • 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, and will properly harmonise if they consider that t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 22 TEXT Proverbs 22:1-10 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold, 2. The rich and poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker o...

  • 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. Though the rich and the poor are unequal in worldly means, ye...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:2 poor (a-4) _ Roosh_ , or 'destitute,' 'indigent.' as ch. 28.3....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    'A man's a man for a' that.'...

  • 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 Simeon used to say: 'There are only three crowns; the cro...

  • 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 brethren, sons of one Father. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 12...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עָשִׁ֣יר וָ רָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם...

  • 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 bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his b...

  • 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 afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness...

  • 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 reference to the sanctuary or house of prayer; but a very...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Another. They stand in need of one another. (St. Chrysostom, hom. xxxiv. in 1 Corinthians.) --- They are equal in God's sight, who only values real virtue. He disposes of riches, so that the poor may...

  • 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 maker of them all. There is a vast dissimilarity i...

  • 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 THEM ALL.’—The God who creates light and darkness has cr...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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; they cannot speak well one of another, as the Arabic...

  • 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 another, and meet many times, as it were, in the mid...

  • 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 another; and will agree well, and not clash one agai...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, whence it follows that the poor should not envy the r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 oppressing the poor, and the poor envying and purloining from...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 22:2 rich H6223 poor H7326 (H8802) common H6298 (H8738) LORD H3068 maker H6213 (H8802) ric

  • 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, who is no respecter of persons; so precious that for a...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who walk humbly with God in obedience to the commands of His Word and in submission to the disposals of His providenc...

  • 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 his power. Proverbs 22:2. _The rich and the poor meet...

  • 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 there are poor people. This is the unavoidable consequ...

  • The 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 in common which is independent of silver and gold. At f...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in th...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (Proverbs 22:1). The good name, so important, so valuable. Good reputation, so important. "Rather to...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 12:21; 1 Samuel 2:7; James 2:2; Job 31:15; Job 34:19;...

  • 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 God's providence. They have one common creator, and Lor...

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