1 Kings 20:39
As the king passed by, the prophet called out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be required for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
2 Kings 10:24
Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings.Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside for himself and said, “If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, the one who lets him go shall forfeit his own life for that man’s life.”
Exodus 21:30
If a ransom is demanded of him [in return for his life], then he shall give whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.
Judges 9:7-20
When they told Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Hear me, O men of Shechem, so that God may hear you.
2 Samuel 12:1-7
And the Lord sent Nathan [the prophet] to David. He came and said to him,
2 Samuel 14:5-7
The king asked her, “
1 Kings 20:42
He said to the king, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because you have released from your hand the man [Ben-hadad] whom I had devoted to destruction, your life shall be required for his life, and your people for his people.’”
Job 36:18
“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.
Psalm 49:7
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
Proverbs 6:35
He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];
Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).
Proverbs 13:8
The ransom for a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor man does not even have to listen to a rebuke or threats [from the envious].
Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables:
1 Peter 1:18-19
For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,
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Thy servant
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Thy servant
Thy life
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“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];
Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).
The ransom for a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor man does not even have to listen to a rebuke or threats [from the envious].