Proverbs 13:8

The Passion Translation

The self-assurance of the rich is their money, but people don’t kidnap and extort the poor!

Cross References

Matthew 16:26

For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

Jeremiah 41:8

He spared ten of the men who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us,” because they offered to give him supplies of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey they had hidden in a field.

Jeremiah 39:10

But he left behind some of the extremely poor people in the land of Judah. They owned nothing, so he gave them fields and vineyards to possess as their own.

Proverbs 6:35

Try all you want to talk your way out of it— offer him a bribe and see if you can manipulate him with your money. Nothing will turn him aside when he comes to you with vengeance in his eyes!

Proverbs 13:7

One pretends to be rich but is poor. Another pretends to be poor but is quite rich.

Proverbs 13:9

The virtues of God’s lovers shine brightly in the darkness, but the flickering lamp of the ungodly will be extinguished.

Proverbs 14:24

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts. But the way of life for the fool is his foolishness.

Luke 12:23

For your life is infinitely more than just the food you eat or the clothing you wear.