Proverbs 13:7-11

Wealth of the righteous.
v.7 Appearances can be deceiving. One person may pretend to be important and another may have wealth but not show it off. Honesty is better than pretension. The wise will not let appearances deceive them.
v.8 Disadvantage of wealth. The rich man is subject to kidnapping, blackmail and the like. He uses his wealth to get out of trouble. But the poor man is not put into such trouble in the first place (maybe because he is protected along with the righteous [v.6] or maybe because he has nothing worth stealing).
v.9 Endurance of the righteous. Here "light" represents life, joy and prosperity and "dark" represents adversity and death. The righteous are associated with light and the wicked with darkness. See 24:20.
v.10 Wisdom listens to advice. The wise listen to advice rather than quarrel out of pride. The proud refuse to listen and learn. See 12:15.
v.11 Honest investment. Steady (little by little) and wise (diligent) investment produces prosperity. But riches obtain quickly by some dishonest means (theft or speculation) will dwindle away. See 20:21.

These proverbs suggest that righteousness, wisdom and industry are to be preferred characteristics of our life.

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