Proverbs 13:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Matthew 16:26

For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Job 2:4

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

Zephaniah 3:12

And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men were found among them that said to Ismahel: Kill us not: for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley and oil and honey. And he forbore and slew them not with their brethren.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people, that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda: and he gave them vineyards and cisterns at that time.

Proverbs 6:35

Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

2 Kings 25:12

But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

2 Kings 24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem; and all the princes; and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand into captivity; and every artificer and smith. And none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

Exodus 21:30

And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

Proverbs 13:7

One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.

Luke 12:23

The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.