Proverbs 13:8
A man’s own wealth is the ransom of his life: 1 But the poor endures not threatening. 1
Updated 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: 1 But just men pity, and are merciful. 1
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 prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
Job 2:4And the devil answered and said to the Lord, 1 Skin for skin, 1 All that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life. 1
Proverbs 6:35He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: 1 Neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, after King Zedekiah 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 →