Proverbs 13:7

World English Bible (2000)

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

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  • Luke 18:11-14 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; 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's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor. 11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
  • Rev 2:9 : 9 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
  • Prov 11:24 : 24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
  • Prov 12:9 : 9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
    77%

    24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    76%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

  • Prov 18:11
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    11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
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    7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

  • Job 27:19
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    19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • Jas 1:10
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    10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

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    2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

    5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Matt 13:12
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    12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Ps 62:10
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    10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.