Proverbs 13:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He carried away all Jerusalem, all the officials, all the warriors, ten thousand captives, all the artisans and the smiths; no one remained except the poorest people of the land.

2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.

Job 2:4

Then the accuser answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.

Exodus 21:30

If a ransom is imposed on the owner, then the owner shall pay whatever is imposed for the redemption of the victim’s life.

Proverbs 13:7

Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 14:24

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

Proverbs 6:35

He will accept no compensation and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.

Jeremiah 39:10

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them along with their companions.

Zephaniah 3:12

For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord—

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Luke 12:23

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