Proverbs 13:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:24

Sometimes you can become rich by being generous or poor by being greedy.

Proverbs 12:9

It's better to be ordinary and have only one servant than to think you are somebody and starve to death.

Proverbs 13:11

Money wrongly got will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow.

Proverbs 13:8

The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

Luke 12:21

“This is what happens to people who store up everything for themselves, but are poor in the sight of God.”

Luke 12:33

Sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves money bags that never wear out. Make sure your treasure is safe in heaven, where thieves cannot steal it and moths cannot destroy it.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Are you already satisfied? Are you now rich? Have you become kings while we are still nobodies? I wish you were kings. Then we could have a share in your kingdom.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 6:10

and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours.

James 2:5

My dear friends, pay attention. God has given a lot of faith to the poor people in this world. He has also promised them a share in his kingdom that he will give to everyone who loves him.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.

Revelation 2:9

I know how much you suffer and how poor you are, but you are rich. I also know the cruel things being said about you by people who claim to be Jews. But they are not really Jews. They are a group that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 3:17

You claim to be rich and successful and to have everything you need. But you don't know how badly off you are. You are pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.