Verse 18

The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous are rescued from trouble, and the wicked take their place.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Since you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.