Proverbs 13:7
5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8 Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
- KJV
- There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
- WEB
- There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
- ASV
- There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
- DARBY
- There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
- BLB
- There is one making himself rich and [having] nothing at all, one making himself poor and [having] abundant wealth.
- ÅB
- Den ene ter seg som en rik mann og har dog slett ingen ting, og den andre ter seg som en fattig mann og har dog meget gods.
- OTB
- En later som han er rik og har ingenting; en annen later som han er fattig og har stor rikdom.
- B1930
- Den ene ter sig som en rik mann og har dog slett ingen ting, og den andre ter sig som en fattig mann og har dog meget gods.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:17
You 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.
Read in contextLuke 18:11–14
The 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.
Read in contextProverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Read in contextProverbs 12:9
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, 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?
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
Read in contextLuke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
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