Proverbs 13:8

New American Bible - revised edition

People’s riches serve as ransom for their lives, but the poor do not even hear a threat.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He deported all Jerusalem: all the officers and warriors of the army, ten thousand in number, and all the artisans and smiths. Only the lowliest of the people of the land were left.

2 Kings 25:12

But some of the country’s poor the captain of the guard left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

Job 2:4

The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Exodus 21:30

If, however, a fine is imposed on him, he must pay in ransom for his life whatever amount is imposed on him.

Proverbs 13:7

One acts rich but has nothing; another acts poor but has great wealth.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the just gives joy, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is wealth; the diadem of fools is folly.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not consider any restitution, nor be satisfied by your many bribes.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor who had nothing and at the same time gave them vineyards and farms. Jeremiah Released to Gedaliah’s Custody.

Jeremiah 41:8

Ten of them said to Ishmael: “Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he spared them and did not kill them as he had killed their companions.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, Who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord—

Matthew 16:26

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.