Proverbs 21:18

World English Bible (2000)

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:8 : 8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
  • Isa 43:3-4 : 3 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says Yahweh. 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 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Job 21:30
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    30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Prov 29:6
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    6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

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

  • 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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    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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

    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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

  • Prov 12:26
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    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Exod 21:30
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    30If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Job 18:9
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    9A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

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

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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

  • 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.

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    21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.