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Proverbs 13:7

English Standard Version 2016

One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

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For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

“‘I know your tribulation and your poverty ( but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat.




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