Proverbs 13:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

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  • Luke 18:11-14 : 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican. 12 I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse. 13 But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.
  • 1 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised. 11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorowing, and yet always reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Promising vnto them libertie, & are themselues the seruants of corruption: for of whomsoeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage.
  • Rev 2:9 : 9 I knowe thy workes and tribulation, and pouertie (but thou art riche) and I knowe the blasphemie of them, which say they are Iewes, and are not, but are the Synagogue of Satan.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
  • Prov 11:24 : 24 There is that scattereth, and is more increased: but hee that spareth more then is right, surely commeth to pouertie.
  • Prov 12:9 : 9 He that is despised, & is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.
  • Prov 13:11 : 11 The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it. 2 Giue a portion to seuen, & also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:8
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    8A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

  • Prov 11:24
    77%

    24There is that scattereth, and is more increased: but hee that spareth more then is right, surely commeth to pouertie.

  • Luke 12:21
    77%

    21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    76%

    13(5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Prov 28:27
    76%

    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

    20A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

  • Prov 18:11
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    11The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
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    7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

  • Job 27:19
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    19When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of the Lorde, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

  • Jas 1:10
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    10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

    5Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? For riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Matt 13:12
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    12For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10(5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.