Proverbs 13:8
8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. -kjv
8 A man’s riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat. -niv
Meditations:
1) I have a friend who has a family business. The family received threats from bad members of the society to give them money or else expect something bad to happen to the family. Eventually, the family was forced to move to another place.
2) My friend’s riches tempted the bad members of society to bring the threat upon them. If they were poor, they will not have received such threats. So, in a way, my friend’s wealth works against them.
3) In kjv, the second part of the verse implies that the poor are ignored owing to their lack of wealth and nobody will want to ransom a poor man’s life.
