Proverbs 13:8
The redemption of a man’s life is his riches. But he who is poor cannot tolerate correction.
Catholic Public Domain 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 just enriches. But the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.
Job 2:4Answering him, Satan said, “Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
Proverbs 6:35nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8But ten men were found among them, who said to Ishmael: “Do not kill us! For in the field we have storehouses of grain and barley and oil and honey.” And so he ceased, and he did not put them to death with their brothers.
Matthew 16:26For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers,
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 →