Proverbs 13:8

New Century Version

The rich may have to pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor will face no such danger.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Nebuchadnezzar took away all the people of Jerusalem, including all the leaders, all the wealthy people, and all the craftsmen and metal workers. There were ten thousand prisoners in all. Only the poorest people in the land were left.

2 Kings 25:12

But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vineyards and fields.

Job 2:4

“One skin for another!” Satan answered. “A man will give all he has to save his own life.

Exodus 21:30

But if the family of the dead person accepts money, the one who owned the bull may buy back his life, but he must pay whatever is demanded.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.

Proverbs 13:9

Good people can look forward to a bright future, but the future of the wicked is like a flame going out.

Proverbs 14:24

Wise people are rewarded with wealth, but fools only get more foolishness.

Proverbs 6:35

He will accept no payment for the wrong; he will take no amount of money.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, left some of the poorest people of Judah behind. They owned nothing, but that day he gave them vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 41:8

But the ten men who were left alive said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley and oil and honey that we have hidden in a field.” So Ishmael let them live and did not kill them with the others.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave in the city the humble and those who are not proud, and they will trust in the Lord.

Matthew 16:26

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.