Proverbs 13:8
“The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The ransom of a man's life are his riches,.... As Benhadad's were to him, when he was in the hands of the king of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
On the one side is the seeming advantage of wealth. The rich man who gets out of many troubles often escapes from a just…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
heareth i.e. heedeth. Comp. Pro 13:1.
rebuke Rather threatening; ἀπειλήν, LXX.
If wealth has its advantage in enabling…
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