Proverbs 21:18

American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    79%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    76%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 21:12
    76%

    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Ps 37:21
    76%

    21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

  • Ps 34:21
    76%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Job 21:30
    76%

    30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 13:21
    75%

    21Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

  • Prov 13:6
    75%

    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 14:19
    75%

    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .

    13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Job 36:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Prov 11:18
    74%

    18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 28:10
    73%

    10Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

  • Prov 10:2
    73%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 11:21
    73%

    21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Prov 2:22
    73%

    22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:38
    72%

    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Ps 37:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 28:18
    72%

    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

  • Prov 15:6
    72%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Exod 21:30
    72%

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 21:27
    72%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 18:27
    71%

    27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Job 18:9
    71%

    9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

  • Prov 28:28
    71%

    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Prov 10:30
    71%

    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Job 22:18
    71%

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Isa 29:21
    71%

    21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.