Ransom in the Bible
Of a man's life
- Exodus 21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- Exodus 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
- Job 36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Psalm 49:7-8 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- Proverbs 6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- Proverbs 13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
- Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
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FIGURATIVE
- Job 33:24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 51:10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
- Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- 1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
See JESUS
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See REDEMPTION