One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Proverbs 13:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches. [Prov. 12:9; Luke 12:20, 21.] American Standard Version (1901) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. Common English Bible Some pretend to be rich but have nothing, while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches. Catholic Public Domain Version One is like the rich, though he has nothing. And another is like the poor, though he has many riches. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches. |
One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant, than to act important but have no food.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labour will multiply it.
Riches are a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person hears no threat.
‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”
‘That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God.’
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us #– #and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.
as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
For you say, “I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,” and you don’t realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.