Proverbs 13:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The rich might have to pay a ransom to save their lives, but the poor never receive such threats.

Cross References

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost. You could never pay enough to buy back your life.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has to protect himself.

Zephaniah 3:12

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

Jeremiah 39:10

But commander Nebuzaradan left behind some of the poor people of Judah who owned nothing. Nebuzaradan gave them vineyards and farmland in Judah.

Proverbs 6:35

No payment—no amount of money—will stop him.

2 Kings 25:12

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

2 Kings 24:14

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

Exodus 21:30

But the family of the dead man may accept money. If they accept money, 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 pretend they are rich, but they have nothing. Others pretend they are poor, but they are really rich.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of those who do right shines brighter and brighter, but the lamp of the wicked becomes darker and darker.

Proverbs 14:24

A wise person’s reward is wealth, but a fool’s reward is foolishness.

Luke 12:23

Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it.