Proverbs 13:8
With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
9The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull: but the candell of the vngodly shalbe put out.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:35No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them.
Matthew 16:26For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule?
1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the 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 →