Proverbs 21:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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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;

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  • Prov 11:8
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    8The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Job 21:30
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    30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

    13In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Job 36:17-18
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  • Prov 11:18
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    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Anyone 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.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Exod 21:30
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    30If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27Again, 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.

  • Job 18:9
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    9His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Who 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.