Proverbs 13:7
There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.
8A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and is more increased: but hee that spareth more then is right, surely commeth to pouertie.
Proverbs 13:11The riches of vanitie shall diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.
Luke 12:21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
Luke 18:11The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
2 Corinthians 6:10As sorowing, and yet alway reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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 →