Proverbs 13:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.”
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BSBPD
“Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The ransom of a man's life <FI>are<Fi> his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 13:8 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:30If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
- 2 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
- Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Luke 12:23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
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