OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 22:2

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

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Verse 2. Another. They stand in need of one another. Saint John Chrysostom hom. xxxiv. in 1 Cor.—They are equal in God’s sight, who only values real virtue. He disposes of riches, so that the poor may one day become rich. Calmet.

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