Proverbs 13:7

“There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing, etc.] 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…”

“In opposite ways men act hypocritically for gain of honor or wealth.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Maketh rich - Some men who have little or nothing, pretend to have great riches. Maketh rich - Some rich men profess to be poor. Proverbs 13:8”

“13:7 Appearances do not always reflect reality.”

“is that maketh himself rich: Pro 13:11, Pro 12:9; Luk 18:11-14; Co1 4:8; Pe2 2:19; Rev 3:17 that maketh himself poor: Ecc 11:1, Ecc 11:2; Co1 4:10, Co1 4:11; Co2 4:7; Rev 2:9 Proverbs 13:8”

“Two proverbs of riches and poverty: - There is one who maketh himself rich and hath nothing; There is another who representeth himself poor amid great riches. A sentence which includes in itself the judgment which Pro 12:9 expresses. To the Hithpa. התכּבּד (to make oneself of importance) there are associated here two others, in the meaning to make oneself something, without anything after it, thus to place oneself so or so, Ewald, 124a. To the clauses with ו there is supplied a self-intelligible לּו. Proverbs 13:8”