THEOSISProverbs 13:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor, beareth not reprehension.
כֹּ֣פֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ־אִ֣ישׁ עָשְׁר֑וֹ וְ֝רָ֗שׁ לֹא־שָׁמַ֥ע גְּעָרָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 16:26For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
- 1 Pet 1:18Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:
- 1 Pet 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled
- Ps 49 (48):6
- Ps 49 (48):10
- Job 2:4And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life:
- Jer 39:10But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.
- Prov 6:35Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.