Proverbs 13:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:30 : 30 `If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
  • 2 Kgs 24:14 : 14 And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand `is' the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.
  • 2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. 7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. 8 And precious `is' the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. 9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. 10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
  • Prov 6:35 : 35 He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
  • Jer 39:10 : 10 And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the same day.
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, `Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

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    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

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    13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

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    11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23`With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

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    8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • Job 36:18-19
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    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • Eccl 9:16
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  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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    20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

    16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

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    4Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

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  • Prov 18:11
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    11The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

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    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

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    16Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

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    6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

  • Prov 17:5
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    30`If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

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    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

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    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

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    19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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