Proverbs 13:7

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

1 Corinthians 4:10-11

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

Proverbs 11:24

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

Luke 12:21

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

2 Peter 2:19

Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

Revelation 2:9

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Is that maketh himself rich

Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
Proverbs 12:9
Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
2 Peter 2:19
Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

That maketh himself poor

Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
Revelation 2:9
I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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