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Proverbs 13:8 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 13 · verse 8
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.Proverbs 13:8 · King James Version
Proverbs 13:8 in context
6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearethshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- ransomkôpherproperly, a coverH3724 →
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- man'sʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- poorrûwshto be destituteH7326 →
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We are apt to judge of men's blessedness, at least in this world, by their wealth, and that they are more or less happy accordingly as they have more or less of this world's goods;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary