Proverbs 13:7
Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.
8With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:24Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer: but the niggarde hauyng inough, wyll depart from nothyng, and yet is euer in pouertie.
Proverbs 13:11Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.
Luke 12:21So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
Luke 18:11The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:7
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way, that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over them, the reproaches and injuries of evil men, which shall not fasten upon them, to do them any real… Read the whole commentary →