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 compensation}, and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.

If a ransom is set on him, he will pay the redemption money for his life according to all that is set on him.

Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?

But ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, "You must not kill us, for {we have} hidden treasures in the field, wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he refrained and he did not kill them in the midst of their fellow countrymen.

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,

The poor

He deported all of Jerusalem: all of the commanders, ten thousand of the skilled warriors, and the artisans; no one was left over except the poorest of the people of the land.

But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.

And some of the poor people, {who had nothing}, Nebuzaradan, [the] captain of [the] guard, left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day.

And I will leave in your midst a people afflicted and poor, and they shall take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

General references

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

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.