Proverbs 21:18

1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:4; Isaiah 53:4; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Proverbs 11:8

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. Evil doers seem to draw down the wrath of God upon their heads, and so become, as it were, the scapegoats of the co...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (h) wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. (h) God will cause that to fall on their own heads, whic...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the righteous . a righteous one. transgressor . traitor.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous - God often in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. The wicked (shall be) a ransom for the righteous, and t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cp. Proverbs 11:8 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. — The righteous is “delivered out of trouble ( Proverbs 11:8 ; comp. Isaiah 57:1 ), and the wicked...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour fi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous ,.... Not to make satisfaction for them, as Christ is a ransom for his people; but as a ransom is i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. Ver. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom. ] Heb., Copher,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous The wicked shall be brought into those troubles which were designed by wicked men against the righte...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. This intimates, 1. What should be done by...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The wicked shall be brought into those troubles which were either threatened by God or designed by wicked men against the righteous, and by that mean...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:18 THE RANSOM OF THE RIGHTEOUS This verse must be understood to express the same truth as that in Isaiah 43:3 ,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 i...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A ransom — The wicked shall be brought into those troubles, which were designed by wicked men for the righteous: thus Haman was a ransom for Mordec...

¹⁸ The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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