Proverbs 13:8

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Summary

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Ransom

1 Peter 1:18

The poor

General references

Luke 12:23

Philippians 3:7

Bible References

Ransom

He will not accept any ransom,
Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.

If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Even those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?

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

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

knowing that you were not

redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,

The poor

Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.

General references

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

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.