Proverbs 13:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.

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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

2 Kings 24:14

And he exiled all Yerushalayim, and all the officers and all the mighty brave men – ten thousand exiles – and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

2 Kings 25:12

But the chief of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

Job 2:4

And Satan answered יהוה and said, “Skin for skin, and all that a man has he would give for his life!

Exodus 21:30

If a sin-covering is laid upon him, then he shall give the ransom of his life, whatever is laid on him.

Proverbs 13:7

There is one who makes himself rich, Yet has none at all. And one who makes himself poor, Yet has great riches.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wrong is put out.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.

Proverbs 6:35

He does not regard any ransom, Nor accept your bribe, however great!

Jeremiah 39:10

But Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, left in the land of Yehuḏah the poor people, who had naught whatever, and gave them vineyards and fields on the same day.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men were found among them who said to Yishma‛ĕl, “Do not kill us, for we have wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey hidden in the field.” So he held back and did not kill them among their brothers.

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I shall leave in your midst an oppressed and poor people, and they shall trust in the Name of יהוה.

Matthew 16:26

“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:23

“The life is more than the food, and the body is more than the clothing.