Proverbs 13:7

The Passion Translation

One pretends to be rich but is poor. Another pretends to be poor but is quite rich.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:24

Generosity brings prosperity, but withholding from charity brings poverty.

Proverbs 12:9

Just be who you are and work hard for a living, for that’s better than pretending to be important and starving to death.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth quickly gained is quickly wasted — easy come, easy go! But if you gradually gain wealth, you will watch it grow.

Proverbs 13:8

The self-assurance of the rich is their money, but people don’t kidnap and extort the poor!

Luke 12:20

“God said to him, ‘What a fool you are to trust in your riches and not in me! This very night the messengers of death will demand to take your life. Then who will get all the wealth you have stored up for yourself?’

Luke 12:21

The same thing will happen to all those who fill up their lives with everything but God.”

Luke 12:33

“Now, go and sell what you have and give to those in need; you will be making deposits in your account in heaven, an account that will never be taken from you. Your gifts will become a secure and unfailing treasure, deposited in heaven forever.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Oh, I know, you already have all you need! Since when did you become so content and rich without us? You’ve already crowned yourselves as royalty, reigning on your thrones, leaving us lowly apostles far behind! How I wish indeed that you really were reigning as kings already, for that would mean we would be reigning as kings alongside of you.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.

2 Corinthians 6:10

We may suffer, yet in every season we are always found rejoicing. We may be poor, yet we bestow great riches on many. We seem to have nothing, yet in reality we possess all things.

James 2:5

So listen carefully, my dear brothers and sisters, hasn’t God chosen the poor in the world’s eyes to be those who are rich in faith? And won’t they be the heirs of the kingdom-realm he promised to those who love him?

2 Peter 2:19

They promise others freedom, yet they themselves are slaves to corruption, for people are slaves to whatever overcomes them.

Revelation 2:9

I am aware of all the painful difficulties you have passed through and your financial hardships, even though, in fact, you possess rich treasure. And I am fully aware of the slander that has come against you from those who claim to be Jews but are not, for they are a satanic congregation.

Revelation 3:17

For you claim, “I’m rich and getting richer—I don’t need a thing.” Yet you are clueless that you’re miserable, poor, blind, barren, and naked!