Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches, || And the poor has not heard rebuke.
Literal Standard 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 righteous rejoices, || And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he has removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty men of valor—ten thousand [is] the expulsion—and every craftsman and smith; none has been left except the poor of the people of the land.
Job 2:4And Satan answers YHWH and says, “A skin for a skin, and all that a man has he gives for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, || Indeed, he does not consent, || Though you multiply bribes!
Jeremiah 41:8And ten men have been found among them, and they say to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field—wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.” And he refrains, and has not put them to death in the midst of their brothers.
Matthew 16:26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?
1 Peter 1:18having known that, not with corruptible things—silver or gold—were you redeemed from your foolish behavior inherited from our 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 →