Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 22:2
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.
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.
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...
Compare the margin reference. Another recognition of the oneness of a common humanity, overriding all distinctions of rank....
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
22:2 poor (a-4) _ Roosh_ , or 'destitute,' 'indigent.' as ch. 28.3....
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...
'A man's a man for a' that.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and...
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 th...
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...
עָשִׁ֣יר וָ רָ֣שׁ נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ עֹשֵׂ֖ה כֻלָּ֣ם...
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...
“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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Proverbs 22:2 rich H6223 poor H7326 (H8802) common H6298 (H8738) LORD H3068 maker H6213 (H8802) ric
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...
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...
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 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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:21; 1 Samuel 2:7; James 2:2; Job 31:15; Job 34:19;...
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...