Focused Passage

Proverbs 22:2

A Good Name, Humility, Training, Justice for the Poor, and the Words of the Wise

The chapter moves from reputation and humility, to training and generosity, to discipline and oppression, then into a formal instruction section that calls the learner to receive the words of the wise, protect the poor, avoid anger-shaped companionship, reject rash financial pledges, honor inherited boundaries, and pursue skilled work.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

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Verse 2

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The richעָשִׁ֣ירH6223Adjective - masculine singularand the poorוָרָ֣שׁH7326Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhave this in commonנִפְגָּ֑שׁוּH6298Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralThe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular[is] Makerעֹשֵׂ֖הH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructof them allכֻלָּ֣םH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

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