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Proverbs 13:8

Money and wealthPoverty and the vulnerable

6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 16:26

    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?

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  • 1 Peter 1:18–19

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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  • 2 Kings 24:14

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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  • Psalms 49:6–10

    They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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  • 2 Kings 25:12

    But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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  • Zephaniah 3:12

    I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 39:10

    But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

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  • Job 2:4

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

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