Proverbs 13:8

New International Version

A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

2 Kings 25:12

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

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.

Exodus 21:30

However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.

Proverbs 13:7

One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

Proverbs 14:24

The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave within you the meek and humble. The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 16:26

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.