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 take any ransom; nor will he be willing if you multiply the gifts.

If there is laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid upon him.

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.

But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he held back and did not kill them among their brothers.

For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

The poor

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the mighty men of war, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.

But the chief of the executioners left a few of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields on that day.

I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

General references

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

But whatever things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.