Proverbs 13:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
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“One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth <FI>is<Fi> abundant.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 13:7 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Proverbs 12:9Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
- Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
- Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- 1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
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