Proverbs 21:18 KJV
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:18, King James Version
In context
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Cross-references
- 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.