Proverbs 21:18
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
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- Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.
- Isaiah 43:3–4 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. Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
- Isaiah 53:4–5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.