Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
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Cross references
- Matthew 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- 1 Peter 1:18–19 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
- 2 Kings 24:14 He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.