Proverbs 13:8

13:8 The ransom ¹  of a person’s ²  life is his wealth,

but the poor person hears no threat. ³ 

Psalms 132:18

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ⁴ 

and his crown will shine.

Isaiah 65:13-15

65:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry!

Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty!

Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! ⁵ 

But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; ⁶ 

you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. ⁷ 

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ⁸ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

Daniel 12:2-3

12:2 Many of those who sleep

in the dusty ground will awake –

some to everlasting life,

and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. ⁹ 

12:3 But the wise will shine

like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.

And those bringing many to righteousness

will be like the stars forever and ever.

[13:8]  ¹ sn As the word “ransom” (כֹּפֶר, cofer) indicates, the rich are susceptible to kidnapping and robbery. But the poor man pays no attention to blackmail – he does not have money to buy off oppressors. So the rich person is exposed to legal attacks and threats of physical violence and must use his wealth as ransom.

[13:8]  ² tn Heb “the life of a man.”

[13:8]  ³ tn The term גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) may mean (1) “rebuke” (so KJV, NASB) or (2) “threat” (so NIV; cf. ASV, NRSV, NLT ). If “rebuke” is the sense here, it means that the burdens of society fall on the rich as well as the dangers. But the sense of “threat” better fits the context: The rich are threatened with extortion, but the poor are not (cf. CEV “the poor don’t have that problem”).

[132:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”

[65:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the good of the heart.”

[65:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the pain of the heart.”

[65:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”

[65:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

[12:2]  ⁹ sn This verse is the only undisputed reference to a literal resurrection found in the Hebrew Bible.