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 delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
General references
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.