Proverbs 13:7-9

⁷Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.

⁸Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, with the result that they will be protected, not killed, but poor people do not have to worry about that because no one threatens to kill them.

⁹Righteous people are like a lamp MET that shines brightly, but wicked people are like MET a lamp that will soon be extinguished.