Proverbs 21:18

An unpious man shall be given for a just man; and a wicked man shall be given for a rightful man. (An evil person shall be given as a ransom for a righteous person; and a wicked person shall be given as a ransom for an upright person.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17He that loveth meats shall be in neediness (or He who loveth too much food shall be in want); he that loveth wine and fat things, shall not be made rich.

19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:3For I am thy Lord God, the Holy of Israel, thy saviour. I gave (for) thy mercy Egypt; (yea, also) Ethiopia, and Seba, for thee. (For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. I gave up Egypt for thy ransom, yea, also Ethiopia, and Seba, for thee.)

Isaiah 55:8For why my thoughts be not your thoughts, and my ways be not your ways, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:18

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Here is an argument against a voluptuous luxurious life, taken from the ruin it brings upon men's temporal interests. Here is 1. The description of an epicure: He loves pleasure. God allows us to use the delights of sense soberly and temperately, wine to make glad the heart and put vigour into the spirits, and oil to make the face to shine and beautify the countenance; but he that loves these, that sets his heart upon… Read the whole commentary →

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