Basil of Caesarea, on Prov 13:8

“The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.”

“Suppose you are an ignoble and undistinguished person, poor and of lowly origin, without home or city, sick, in need of daily sustenance, in dread of the powerful, cowering before everyone because of your abject condition. "But he that is poor," says the Scripture, "bears not reprehension." Yet, do not despair or cast aside every good hope because your present state is quite unenviable. Rather, turn your thoughts to the blessings already granted you by God and to those reserved by promise for the future.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.