Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the rulers, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the blacksmiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Job 2:4And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Kill us not, for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he held back, and did not kill them among their brothers.
Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
1 Peter 1:18Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:8
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. 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. Some that are really poor would be thought to be rich and are thought to be so; they trade and spend as if they were rich, make a great bustle and a great show as if they had hidden… Read the whole commentary →