v. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, for by the punishment which he suffers he atones, in a way, for the errors of the pious or is substituted by God for his intended victim, as Haman was for Mordecai, and the transgressor for the upright. Cf Joshua 7:26; Esther 7:9.
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Proverbs 21:18
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.