"There is that maketh himself rich, yet {hath} nothing: {there is} that maketh himself poor, yet {hath} great riches." — Proverbs 13:7

Proverbs 13:7 · KJV

“There is that maketh himself rich, yet {hath} nothing: {there is} that maketh himself poor, yet {hath} great riches.”

— Proverbs 13:7

Verse 6

Righteousness keepeth {him that is} upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. {the sinner: Heb. sin}

Verse 8

The ransom of a man's life {are} his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13 — Context

A righteous {man} hateth lying: but a wicked {man} is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Righteousness keepeth {him that is} upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. {the sinner: Heb. sin}

There is that maketh himself rich, yet {hath} nothing: {there is} that maketh himself poor, yet {hath} great riches.

The ransom of a man's life {are} his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. {lamp: or, candle}

Cross References

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men {are}, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Proverbs 11:24

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and {there is} that withholdeth more than is meet, but {it tendeth} to poverty.

Proverbs 12:9

{He that is} despised, and hath a servant, {is} better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Luke 12:21

So {is} he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth {gotten} by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. {by labour: Heb. with the hand}

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.