Proverbs 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. The ransom of a man's life - Those who have riches have often much trouble with them; as they had much trouble to get them, so they have much trouble to keep them. In despotic countries, a rich man is often accused of some capital crime, and to save his life, though he may be quite innocent, is obliged to give up his riches; but the poor, in such countries, are put to no trouble.