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 be appeased by anything
or be persuaded by lavish gifts.

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If instead a ransom is demanded of him, he can pay a redemption price for his life in the full amount demanded from him.

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

However, there were 10 men among them who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions.

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

The poor

Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Except for the poorest people of the land, no one remained.

But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

However, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

General references

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

But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.