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Proverbs 13:7
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One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
There is one who pretends to be rich but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.
There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all; Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.
There are those with nothing who pretend they are rich, also those with great wealth who pretend they are poor.
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; there are others who pretend to be poor, yet have great riches.
Some people pretend to be rich, but have nothing. Others pretend to be poor, but own a fortune.
There is one who acts rich but has nothing; another who pretends to be poor but has wealth.
There are those who act rich, yet have nothing at all; and those who act poor, yet have great wealth.
Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
There is that pretendeth himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that pretendeth himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
There is that maketh himselfe rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himselfe poore, yet hath great riches.
Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.
There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
A man is as riche, whanne he hath no thing; and a man is as pore, whanne he is in many richessis.
There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing: There is one who makes himself poor, yet has great wealth.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor, but has many riches.
Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.
One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.
A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
is that maketh himself rich: Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 12:9, Luke 18:11-14, 1 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Peter 2:19, Revelation 3:17
that maketh himself poor: Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Revelation 2:9
Reciprocal: 1 Timothy 6:4 - He
Cross-References
The land where the Canaanites lived went from Sidon down along the coast to Gerar and from Gaza as far east as Sodom and Gomorrah and from Admah and Zeboiim as far north as Laish.
Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
All this land that you see I will give to you and your people who live after you. This will be your land forever.
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech because Abimelech's servants had captured a well of water.
But the men who herded sheep in the Valley of Gerar argued with Isaac's servants. They said, "This water is ours." So Isaac named that well Esek. He gave it that name because it was the place where they had argued with him.
But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have caused me a lot of trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanites and the Perizzites will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me."
But there were some shepherds there who chased the girls away and would not let them get water. So Moses helped the girls and gave water to their animals.
So I continued speaking. I said, "What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect our God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing,.... Some persons make a great show of riches, and would be thought to be rich; put on fine clothes, live at a high rate, and appear in great pomp, and yet not worth a farthing; which they do to gratify their pride and ambition, and to draw in others to trust them with their substance. So in spirituals; some persons, as hypocrites, would be thought to be rich in grace, and to be possessed of all the graces of the Spirit, faith, hope, and love; and yet have nothing of true grace, only what is counterfeit; the root of the matter is not in them; no principle of life and grace, only a name to live; nothing of the power, only the form, of godliness; no oil of grace in the vessels of their hearts, only the lamp of an outward profession: some, as the Pharisees, would be thought to be rich in good works, when they have no good thing in them, and do nothing that is spiritually good; either what they do is not done according to the revealed will of God, as many things done by the Pharisees formerly, and by the Papists now, or they do not flow from love; nor i are they done in faith, nor in the name and strength of Christ, nor to the glory of God by him: some, as the same persons, would be thought to be rich in righteousness, when they have no true righteousness at all; not the righteousness of the law, which requires perfection of obedience; not the righteousness of faith, which is the righteousness of another; the righteousness of God is imputed, and is without the works of men; they have no righteousness that can justify them, or save them, or bring them to heaven: some, as the Arminians, would be thought to be rich in spiritual strength, and in the power of their free will, when they have neither will nor power to do anything spiritually good; neither to regenerate and convert themselves, nor to come to Christ, nor to do any good work: some, as the Perfectionists, would be thought to be so rich as to be free from sin, and perfect in grace, when they have none at all, as says the apostle, 1 John 1:8; their picture is drawn in Ephraim, and their language spoke by him, Hosea 12:8. The apostate church of Rome would be thought rich with the merits of saints, and works of supererogation, when she has no merit at all; nor is it possible for a creature to, merit anything at the hands of God; compare with all this Revelation 3:17;
[there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches; there are some, on the other hand, who greatly degrade themselves; live in a very mean way, as though they were very poor; either through covetousness, or because they would not draw upon them the envy of their neighbours, or encourage their friends to borrow of them, or invite thieves to steal from them, or for some low end or another: the pope of Rome sometimes affects to seem poor, though at other times, and in other respects, he would be thought rich; at the Lateran procession the newly elected pope scatters pieces of brass money among the people, saying, as Peter, whose successor he pretends to be, did, "Silver and gold have I none", Acts 3:6; yet comes into great riches. These words may be applied spiritually, in a good sense; there are some who are sensible of their spiritual poverty, and own it; they ingenuously express the sense they have of their own nothingness and unworthiness; they declare they have nothing, and can do nothing; they renounce all their own works in the business of salvation, and ascribe it wholly to the grace of God; they have very mean thoughts, and speak very meanly of themselves, as less than the least of saints, and the chief of sinners: yea, some carry the matter too far in the expressions of their poverty; will not be persuaded that they have the true riches of grace, at least will not own it; but give way to their doubts and fears about it, when they are possessed of much; to whom some think these words are applicable. However, they are to such who are "poor in spirit", Matthew 5:3, as before described; who have, notwithstanding, "great riches", the riches of justifying grace, the riches of Christ's righteousness: the riches of pardoning grace, a large share thereof, much being forgiven them; the riches of sanctifying grace, faith, more precious than that of gold that perisheth, with all other graces; the riches of spiritual knowledge, preferable to gold and silver: they have Christ, and all things along with him; they have God to be their portion, and exceeding great reward; they have a large estate, an incorruptible inheritance, in heaven; they have a better and a more enduring substance there; "theirs is the kingdom of heaven", Matthew 5:3; it is prepared for them, and given to them; compare with this 2 Corinthians 6:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare Proverbs 11:24. There is a seeming wealth behind which there lies a deep spiritual poverty and wretchedness. There is a poverty which makes a person rich for the kingdom of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 13:7. There is that maketh himself rich — That labours hard to acquire money, yet hath nothing; his excessive covetousness not being satisfied with what he possesses, nor permitting him to enjoy with comfort what he has acquired. The fable of the dog in the manger will illustrate this.
There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. — "As poor," said St. Paul, "yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things." The former is the rich poor man; the latter is the poor rich man.
As the words are here in the hithpael conjugation, which implies reflex action, or the action performed on one's self, and often signifies feigning or pretending to be what one is not, or not to be what one is; the words may be understood of persons who feign or pretend to be either richer or poorer than they really are, to accomplish some particular purpose. "There is that feigneth himself to be rich, yet hath nothing; there is that feigneth himself to be poor, yet hath great riches." Both these characters frequently occur in life.
