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 from trouble,
But 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 as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in your place.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, 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 delivered from trouble,
But the wicked takes his place.

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