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 person is delivered out of 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 as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he has borne our sicknesses, and carried our pains; yet we considered him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says the LORD.
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
General references
Proverbs 11:8
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.