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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theu rich
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
and poor
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
meet together
pagash (Hebrew #6298)
to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
KJV usage: meet (with, together).
Pronounce: paw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is the maker
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
of them all.
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1 Cor. 12:22• 22But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; (1 Cor. 12:22)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 29:13• 13The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both. (Prov. 29:13)
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1 Sam. 2:7• 7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up: (1 Sam. 2:7)
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Psa. 49:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
 2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike. (Psa. 49:1‑2)
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Luke 16:19‑20• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
 20And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores, (Luke 16:19‑20)
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1 Cor. 12:21• 21The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you. (1 Cor. 12:21)
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James 2:2‑5• 2for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,
 3and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:
 4have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?
 5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:2‑5)
the Lord.
Prov. 14:31• 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)
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Job 31:15• 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:15)
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Job 34:19• 19How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. (Job 34:19)
• To see in a despised and ignorant slave of inferior caste a brother, was something that the human mind revolted against. But the Hebrew Scriptures testify throughout to the fact that all men sprang from one common father, Adam, and are linked together by ties that cannot be dissolved. This, the Christian Scriptures emphasize. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)
• The Christian unhesitatingly and freely owns that Jehovah is the maker of all, and that His heart goes out to every creature He has called into being; but he sees two families throughout Scripture, “the children of God and the children of the devil” (1 John 3:10). (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The rich and poora meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

JND Translation Notes

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Roosh, or "destitute," "indigent." as ch. 28.3.