Proverbs 21:18

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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.

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    8The righteous are rescued from trouble, and the wicked take their place.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • Prov 29:6
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    6An evil man is ensnared by his transgression, but the righteous rejoice and are glad.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

    13By the sin of their lips, the wicked are trapped, but the righteous escape trouble.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

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    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright rescues them.

    7The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

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    31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

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    18Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.

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    11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

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    6The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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    26The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Exod 21:30
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    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable, even more when it is brought with evil intent.

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    23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

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    27The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.

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    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him tight.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked rise, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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    18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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    21Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.