There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
Proverbs 13:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches. [Prov. 12:9; Luke 12:20, 21.] American Standard Version (1901) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. Common English Bible Some pretend to be rich but have nothing, while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches. Catholic Public Domain Version One is like the rich, though he has nothing. And another is like the poor, though he has many riches. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches. |
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: But he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches: But the poor heareth no threatening.
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Sell that ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have reigned without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: