Proverbs 13:8
The riches of an ish is kofer (ransom) for his nefesh (life), 1 but the poor heareth no threat. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14And he carried away into the Golus all Yerushalayim, and all the sarim, and all the gibborei hachayil, even ten thousand Golus captives, and all the charash and masger (smiths, artisans); none remained, except the dalat am ha'aretz (poor people of the land).
Job 2:4And HaSatan answered Hashem, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that an ish hath will he give for his nefesh.
Proverbs 6:35He will not regard kofer (compensation); 1 neither will he be the appeased, though shochad (bribe) be great.
Jeremiah 41:8But ten anashim were found among them that said unto Yishmael, Slay us not, for we have hidden in the sadeh, chittim, se'orim, shemen, devash. So he forbore, killed them not among the others.
Matthew 16:26For what will a man be benefited if he acquires the whole world and forfeits his neshamah, or what will a man give in exchange for his neshamah?
1 Peter 1:18Having da'as that the padut nafsheynu (redemption ransom of our souls) was not with perishable things such as silver or gold when your Geulah (Redemption) was purchased from the Derech HaHevel (empty way of life) handed down to you from your Avot.
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 →