Proverbs 13:7
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Read in contextLuke 18:11–14
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Read in contextProverbs 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Read in contextProverbs 12:9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Read in contextLuke 12:21
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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