Proverbs 21:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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  • Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 4 Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore, I will give men for you, and people for your life.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement for our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are 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 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    79%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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

    5The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 21:12
    76%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    74%

    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

    13The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

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

  • Job 36:17-18
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    74%

    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

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

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:38
    72%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Exod 21:30
    72%

    30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 21:27
    72%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 18:27
    71%

    27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Job 18:9
    71%

    9The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

  • Prov 28:28
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 10:30
    71%

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

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.