Proverbs 13:8
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
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 →