Proverbs 13:8
A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
9There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.
Job 2:4And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.
Jeremiah 41:8But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.
Matthew 16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
1 Peter 1:18Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
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 →