Proverbs 13:7
Some pretend to be rich, but don't have anything, while others pretend to be poor and are very rich.
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In Context
6Goodness protects those who live right, but sin overcomes the wicked.
8The rich can pay a ransom to save their lives, but the poor aren't troubled in this way.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:24If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.
Proverbs 13:11Wealth gained by fraud quickly disappears, but those who gather bit by bit prosper.
Luke 12:21This is what happens to people who hoard up wealth for themselves but are not rich as far as God is concerned.”
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
1 Corinthians 4:10We're Christ's fools, but you are so wise in Christ! We're the weak ones, but you are so strong! You have the glory, but we are despised!
2 Corinthians 6:10Seen as miserable, we are always rejoicing; as poor, but we make many rich; as destitute, but we own everything!
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 →