Proverbs 13:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.

Proverbs 13:8 Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

2 Kings 25:12

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

Job 2:4

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Exodus 21:30

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

Proverbs 13:7

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches: But the folly of fools is only folly.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

Matthew 16:26

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:23

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