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THE MESSAGE
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.
Some people pretend they are rich, but they have nothing. Others pretend they are poor, but they are really rich.
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.
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
After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you."
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
At the same time, Abraham confronted Abimelech over the matter of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had taken. Abimelech said, "I have no idea who did this; you never told me about it; this is the first I've heard of it."
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You've made my name stink to high heaven among the people here, these Canaanites and Perizzites. If they decided to gang up on us and attack, as few as we are we wouldn't stand a chance; they'd wipe me and my people right off the map."
"What you're doing is wrong. Is there no fear of God left in you? Don't you care what the nations around here, our enemies, think of you?
Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don't have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn't yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it. You wouldn't think of just asking God for it, would you? And why not? Because you know you'd be asking for what you have no right to. You're spoiled children, each wanting your own way. You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God doesn't care? The proverb has it that "he's a fiercely jealous lover." And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble." So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet. Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others? And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, "Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we're off to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money." You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master wills it and we're still alive, we'll do this or that." As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.
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.
