Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a rich man's life is his wealth, 1 but a poor person does not hear a threat. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 righteous people rejoices, 1 but the lamp of wicked people will be put out. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14He took into exile all Jerusalem, all the leaders, and all the fighting men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one was left except the poorest people in the land.
Job 2:4Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Skin for skin, indeed; a man will give all he has for his life.
Proverbs 6:35He will accept no compensation 1 and he cannot be bought off, though you offer him many gifts.
Jeremiah 41:8But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for there are provisions of ours in a field: Wheat and barley, oil and honey.” So he did not kill them with their other companions.
Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?
1 Peter 1:18You know that it was not with perishable silver or gold that you have been redeemed from the foolish behavior that you learned from your fathers.
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 →