These passages contain two Proverbs. The first Proverb says, “There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.” The second Proverb says, “The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no rebuke.”
The first Proverb indicates that there are some people who want to be held in high esteem or honor for their apparent wealth, when they are not really…
