Proverbs 13:8
A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor + 13:8 Or, comes not in for.endures not threatening.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
9a Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand + 24:14 Lit. captivities.prisoners, and every artificer and + 24:14 Lit. shutter-up.smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
Job 2:4And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenant with the people, to proclaim a release;
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 →