Verse 8

The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:30 : 30 If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.
  • 2 Kgs 24:14 : 14 He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers(10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.
  • 2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death. 10 Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.
  • Prov 6:35 : 35 He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
  • Jer 39:10 : 10 But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael,“Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field.” So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the LORD’s presence.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.