Proverbs 21:18
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Prov 11:8 : 8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
- Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you. 4 Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.
- Isa 53:4-5 : 4 But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come. 5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
- Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 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 once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- 80%
8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
- Prov 11:3-64 verses79%
3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.
- 76%
7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
- 76%
12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
- 76%
21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
- 76%
21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.
- 76%
30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
- 75%
6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.
- 75%
21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
- 75%
6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.
- 75%
19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.
- Prov 12:12-132 verses74%
12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
- 74%
21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
- Job 36:17-182 verses74%
17 ...
18 ...
- 74%
18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
- Prov 12:6-72 verses74%
6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
- 73%
10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
- 73%
31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
- 73%
23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
- 73%
32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
- 73%
2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
- 73%
32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
- 73%
21 Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
- 73%
15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
- 73%
22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
- 72%
38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.
- Ps 37:16-172 verses72%
16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
- 72%
18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
- 72%
11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
- 72%
6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.
- 72%
26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
- 72%
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
- 72%
23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
- 72%
27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
- 72%
23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
- 72%
27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.
- 71%
27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.
- 71%
9 His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
- 71%
28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
- 71%
29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
- 71%
30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.
- 71%
18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
- 71%
21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.