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