Devine Scripture

Proverbs 21:18

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.

Context

v.17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

v.18This passage

v.19It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 43:3

    For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

  • Isaiah 55:8

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

  • Proverbs 11:8

    The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

  • Isaiah 53:4

    Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.