Proverbs 13:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:11-14 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’ 13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’ 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 1 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored! 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 Because you say,“I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
  • Rev 2:9 : 9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty(but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
  • Prov 11:24 : 24 One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
  • Prov 12:9 : 9 Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.
  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. 2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:8
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    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 10:15
    78%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
    77%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Luke 12:21
    77%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    76%

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Prov 28:27
    76%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Ps 37:16
    75%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 22:7
    74%

    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Ps 39:6
    74%

    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

  • Ps 49:6
    74%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 18:11
    74%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 20:14
    74%

    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
    74%

    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

  • Job 27:19
    74%

    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 21:17
    73%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor– instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • Prov 22:2
    73%

    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

    5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

  • Matt 13:12
    73%

    12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Prov 15:6
    72%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 6:11
    72%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:10
    72%

    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

  • Eccl 6:8
    72%

    8So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

  • Ps 62:10
    72%

    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:26
    72%

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.