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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 22:2

Commentary on Proverbs 22:2

(Read Proverbs 22:2)

Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich.