Proverbs 13:8
The rich can pay a ransom to save their lives, but the poor aren't troubled in this way.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
7Some pretend to be rich, but don't have anything, while others pretend to be poor and are very rich.
9The life of good people shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14He deported all of Jerusalem, all the commanders and experienced soldiers, all the craftsmen and metal-workers, a total of ten thousand prisoners. Only the very poor people of the land were left.
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up everything to save his life.
Proverbs 6:35He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.
Jeremiah 41:8But ten of them pleaded with Ishmael, “Don't kill us! We've got some good things hidden in the fields—wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey.” So Ishmael didn't kill them along with the others.
Matthew 16:26What benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your life? What would you give in exchange for your life?
1 Peter 1:18You already know that you were not set free from your pointless way of living that you inherited from your forefathers by things that don't have lasting value, like silver or gold.
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 →