Proverbs 21:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:8 : 8 A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you. 4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done. 5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD, 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.

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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

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    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

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    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

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

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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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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

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    21Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

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    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

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    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

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    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

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    27The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

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    27When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

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

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

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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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

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    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

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    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.