TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers(10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.
But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael,“Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field.” So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,