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Bede, on Prov 13:8
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Prov 13:8 · Douay-Rheims
“The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.”
On this verse:
“As Solomon says, "A man's own wealth is the redemption of his soul." This might be temporal wealth which one distributes and gives to the poor so that one's righteousness may endure forever, or it might be spiritual wealth in the form of the righteousness that one has attained by taking pity on the poor or by doing other good things.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.