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Augustine of Hippo, on Prov 22:2
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Prov 22:2 · Douay-Rheims
“The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.”
On this verse:
“"The poor man and the rich have met each other." Where have they met each other? In this life. This one was born, that one was born, their lives were crossed, they have met each other. And who made them? The Lord. The rich man, to help the poor; the poor man, to test the rich.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.