Riches may ransom a man's life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
Treasury of Scripture
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke.
ransom
Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Exodus 21:30
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
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.
the poor
2 Kings 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 people of the land.
2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
