Thematic Bible: Of a man's life


Thematic Bible



I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem them from death.
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

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

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God- since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying-

He will not be appeased by anything
or be persuaded by lavish gifts.


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Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,
but a poor man hears no threat.


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