Proverbs 13:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: But the poor heareth not rebuke.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ A rich man can buy his way out of threatened death by paying a ransom, but the poor man does not even have to listen to threats [from the envious].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

Common English Bible

⁸ Wealth can ransom a person’s life, but the poor don’t even receive threats.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The redemption of a man's life is his riches. But he who is poor cannot tolerate correction.

Proverbs 13:8 Cross References

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

Job 2:4

Then Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Zephaniah 3:12

For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions.

Jeremiah 39:10

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Proverbs 6:35

He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.

2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

2 Kings 24:14

He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except the poorest people of the land.

Exodus 21:30

If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.

Proverbs 13:7

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.