Proverbs 21:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the Lorde thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy ransome, Ethiopia, and Seba for thee. 4 Because thou wast precious in my sight, and thou wast honourable, and I loued thee, therefore will I giue man for thee, and people for thy sake.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 Surely hee hath borne our infirmities, and caried our sorowes: yet wee did iudge him, as plagued, and smitten of God, and humbled. 5 But hee was wounded for our transgressions, hee was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord. 9 For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.

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    8The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.

    4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • Job 21:30
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    30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.

    13The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

    18For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

    7God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Though hande ioyne in hande, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall escape.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

    17For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

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    26The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.

  • Exod 21:30
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    30If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shal pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?

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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27Againe when the wicked turneth away from his wickednes that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawfull and right, he shal saue his soule aliue.

  • Job 18:9
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    9The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

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    28When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

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    30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

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    18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.

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    21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.