Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
General references
Bible References
Wicked
Proverbs 11:8
A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says LORD.
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also once suffered for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might bring you to God. Having indeed been killed in flesh, but made alive in spirit,
General references
Proverbs 11:8
A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.