Proverbs 13:7

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 11:24

One gives freely, and yet increases; another withholds what is due, but only suffers want.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he who is despised and yet has a servant than he who honors himself and yet has no bread.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by fraud will dwindle, but he who gathers by hand will increase it.

Proverbs 13:8

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

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This night your soul will be required of you. Then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

Luke 12:21

“So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Now you are full! Now you are rich! You have begun reigning as kings without us! And I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; and as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

2 Peter 2:19

Although they promise them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption, for by that which a man is overcome, to this he is enslaved.

Revelation 2:9

I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich). And I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, and have stored up goods, and have need of nothing,’ yet do not realize that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.