Proverbs 13:7 (BSB)

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

From Proverbs 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 13:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 13:7: This observation is applicable, I. To men's worldly estate. The world is a great cheat, not only the things of the world, but the men of the world. All men are liars. Here is an instance in two sore evils under the sun: - 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 13:7: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing,.... 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.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 13:7: In opposite ways men act hypocritically for gain of honor or wealth.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 13:7: Pro 13:7 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.