Proverbs 13:8

Easy To Read Version

A rich person might have to pay a ransom to save his life. But poor people never receive threats like that.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Nebuchadnezzar captured all the people of Jerusalem. He captured all the leaders and other wealthy people. He took 10,000 people and made them prisoners. Nebuchadnezzar took all the skilled workers and craftsmen. No person was left, except the poorest of the common people.

2 Kings 25:12

Nebuzaradan let only the poorest of the common people stay there. He let them stay so they could take care of the grapes and other crops.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “Skin for skin! {\cf2\super [5]} A person will give everything he has to save his life.

Exodus 21:30

But the family of the dead man may accept money. If they accept money, then the man who owned the bull should not be killed. But he must pay as much money as the judge decides.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people act like they are rich, but they have nothing. Other people act like they are poor, but they are really rich.

Proverbs 13:9

A good person is like a light that shines brightly. But an evil person is like a light that becomes dark.

Proverbs 14:24

Wise people are rewarded by wealth. But foolish people are rewarded by foolishness.

Proverbs 6:35

No payment—no amount of money—will be enough to stop his anger!

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan, the commander of the special guards, left some of the poor people of Judah behind. Those were the people that owned nothing. So on that day, Nebuzaradan gave those poor people of Judah vineyards and fields.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will let only meek and humble people stay in my city (Jerusalem). And they will trust the Lord’s name.

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.

Luke 12:23

Life is more important than food. And the body is more important than clothes.