Proverbs 13:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He also led away as prisoners the Jerusalem officials, the military leaders, and the skilled workers—ten thousand in all. Only the very poorest people were left in Judah.

2 Kings 25:12

Only some of the poorest people were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

Exodus 21:30

However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded.

Proverbs 13:7

Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.

Proverbs 13:9

The lamp of a good person keeps on shining; the lamp of an evil person soon goes out.

Proverbs 14:24

Wisdom can make you rich, but foolishness leads to more foolishness.

Proverbs 6:35

He won't let you pay him off, no matter what you offer.

Jeremiah 39:10

Only the poorest people who owned no land were left behind in Judah, and Nebuzaradan gave them fields and vineyards.

Jeremiah 41:8

He let ten of the men live, because they offered to give him supplies of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey they had hidden in a field.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I, the LORD, won't destroy any of your people who are truly humble and turn to me for safety.

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food or clothing.