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Proverbs 13:8

Money and wealthPoverty and the vulnerable

6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

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

9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

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Compare

BSB
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
KJV
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
WEB
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
ASV
The ransom of a man`s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
DARBY
The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
BLB
His riches [are] the ransom for the soul of a man, and a poor one has not heard rebuke.
ÅB
En manns rikdom er løsepenger for hans liv, men den fattige er det ingen som truer.
OTB
En persons rikdom kan løskjøpe deres liv, men de fattige hører ingen trussel.
B1930
En manns rikdom er løsepenger for hans liv, men den fattige er det ingen som truer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 16:26

    What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • 1 Peter 1:18–19

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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  • 2 Kings 24:14

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

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  • Psalms 49:6–10

    They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

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  • 2 Kings 25:12

    But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

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  • Zephaniah 3:12

    But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 39:10

    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

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  • Job 2:4

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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