Proverbs 13:7

New Century Version

Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.

Cross References

Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich, and I have become wealthy and do not need anything.’ But you do not know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Proverbs 12:9

A person who is not important but has a servant is better off than someone who acts important but has no food.

Proverbs 11:24

Some people give much but get back even more. Others don’t give what they should and end up poor.

2 Corinthians 6:10

We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that the great power is from God, not from us.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. For people are slaves of anything that controls them.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor in the world to be rich with faith and to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.

Luke 12:21

“This is how it will be for those who store up things for themselves and are not rich toward God.”

Proverbs 13:11

Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You think you already have everything you need. You think you are rich. You think you have become kings without us. I wish you really were kings so we could be kings together with you.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Get for yourselves purses that will not wear out, the treasure in heaven that never runs out, where thieves can’t steal and moths can’t destroy.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Proverbs 13:8

The rich may have to pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor will face no such danger.