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Proverbs 13:7

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

KJV

Est quasi dives, cum nihil habeat, et est quasi pauper, cum in multis divitiis sit.

Vulgate

εἰσὶν οἱ πλουτίζοντες ἑαυτοὺς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ εἰσὶν οἱ ταπεινοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐν πολλῷ πλούτῳ.

LXX

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

ASV

יֵ֣שׁ מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר וְ/אֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ וְ/ה֣וֹן רָֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲשִׁ֑יר
m'shyr
verb · 17×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
  • 1Cor 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
  • 1Cor 4:10 — We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • 2Pet 2:19 — While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
  • Eccl 11:1 — Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
  • Jas 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?
  • Luke 12:21 — So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
  • Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
  • Luke 18:11 — 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.
  • Prov 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
  • Prov 12:9 — He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
  • Prov 12:9 — He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
  • Prov 13:11 — Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
  • Rev 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
  • Rev 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:
  • Rev 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: