Proverbs 11:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:18 : 18 ¶ The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
  • Dan 6:23-24 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    32¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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    18¶ The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 11:3-7
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    3¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    4¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    5¶ The 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 transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

    7¶ When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

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  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6¶ The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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  • Prov 11:9-10
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    9¶ An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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  • Prov 13:6
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    6¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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    28¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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

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    28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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    30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

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    12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

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    21¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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

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    26¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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    18¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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  • Prov 24:15-16
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    15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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

  • Ps 37:21
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    26When a righteous [man] turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

    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.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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  • Prov 28:10
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  • Isa 3:11
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  • Prov 15:6
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  • Prov 21:7
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    7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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    39But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.

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    14¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

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