Proverbs 22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. There are great points of resemblance between all men sufficient to constitute a true equality. 1. All possess an intellectual and immortal nature. Mind is a common possession. The immortality of the soul stamps all men with equal honour. 2. The fact of a common possession among all classes of the social and domestic affections establishes the doctrine of human equality. The same heart of love towards friends and kindred beats in the breast of the highest and lowest. 3. The doctrine of human equality is established by the universal distribution of vice and virtue. Everywhere you will find sin. That is a common heritage. So with virtue. You will find grand specimens of piety and goodness in the dwellings of the rich, the middle class, and the poor. 4. The doctrine of human equality is established by our common inheritance of infirmities, suffering, bereavements, sorrow, and death. The same physical weakness enfeebles rich and poor. They are subject to the same diseases. They experience the same mental anguish. Learn — (1) To see the mischief — the sin — of those who endeavour to sever, ill thought and sympathy, man from man. What is specially needed now is sympathy between the various classes of society. (2) That this doctrine of human equality supplies a basis for the adaptation of the gospel to our needs. (W. Walters.) Parallel Verses KJV: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.WEB: The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. |
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