Proverbs 13:7
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
BSB
ASV
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
KJV
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Compare Pro 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.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
leads to
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Through
Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
leads to
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything…
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.