OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 21:18

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The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.

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Verse 18. Righteous. Many are deterred from wickedness by the punishment of malefactors, whose injuries are frequently irreparable. God abandoned Pharao and Aman to save his people. He treated them as victims of wrath. Isaiah 43:3.

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