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1 Kings 20:39 (KJV)

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

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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.
Judges 9:7 - And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
2 Samuel 12:1 - And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 Samuel 14:5 - And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
1 Kings 20:42 - And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
2 Kings 10:24 - And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, [If] any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, [he that letteth him go], his life [shall be] for the life of him.
Job 36:18 - Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Psalms 49:7 - None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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.
Mark 12:1 - And he began to speak unto them by parables. ‹A› [certain] ‹man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about› [it], ‹and digged› [a place for] ‹the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.›
1 Peter 1:18 - Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;

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