Proverbs 21:18


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Proverbs 11:8


The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.

Isaiah 43:3-4


“For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,
Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

Isaiah 53:4-5


But [in fact] He has borne our griefs,
And He has carried our sorrows and pains;
Yet we [ignorantly] assumed that He was stricken,
Struck down by God and degraded and humiliated [by Him].

Isaiah 55:8-9


“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

1 Peter 3:18

For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

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Summary

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

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Wicked

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.
Isaiah 43:3

“For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,
Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.
Isaiah 53:4

But [in fact] He has borne our griefs,
And He has carried our sorrows and pains;
Yet we [ignorantly] assumed that He was stricken,
Struck down by God and degraded and humiliated [by Him].
Isaiah 55:8

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
1 Peter 3:18
For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

General references

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.