Psalms 49:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

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  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Jas 2:1-7 : 1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes, 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool, 4 are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up. 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up; 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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    2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

  • Ps 49:1
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    1Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

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  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
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    7The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up.

    8He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

  • Ps 148:11-12
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    11Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth;

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    9Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up;

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  • Eccl 10:6-7
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    6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

    7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  • Job 34:19
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    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

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    3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

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    14Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse,"

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    7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 16:19
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    19It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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    41Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

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    9Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.

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    6Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

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    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

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    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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    2For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes,

    3and you pay attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool,

  • Jas 2:5-6
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    5Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

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    2He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

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