Proverbs 21:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.”
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“The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wicked <FI>is<Fi> an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:8The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
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