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Proverbs 13:8

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

KJV

Redemptio animæ viri divitiæ suæ ; qui autem pauper est, increpationem non sustinet.

Vulgate

λύτρον ἀνδρὸς ψυχῆς ὁ ἴδιος πλοῦτος, πτωχὸς δὲ οὐχ ὑφίσταται ἀπειλήν.

LXX

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

ASV

כֹּ֣פֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ אִ֣ישׁ עָשְׁר֑/וֹ וְ֝/רָ֗שׁ לֹא שָׁמַ֥ע גְּעָרָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
גַּעֲרַ֣ת
g'rt
noun · 15×
וֹ
v
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 752×
כֹּ֣פֶר
kpr
noun · 17×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:18 — 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;
  • 2Kgs 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 peop
  • Jer 41:8 — But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among the
  • 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.
  • Luke 12:23 — The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
  • Matt 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?
  • Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
  • Ps 49:6 — They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  • Zeph 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.