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Proverbs 21:18Prov.21.18

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

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Le méchant sert de rançon pour le juste, Et le perfide pour les hommes droits.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 181 (Migne)

    nima tua.» Hoc est, nisi fallor, quod Salomon ait: «Pro justo dabitur impius, et pro rectis iniquus (Prov. XXI, 18) .» Et rursum: «Justus de angustiis liberatus est, et tradetur impius pro eo (Prov. XI, 8) .» Unde et adhuc contra persecutores hunc electum Israel corroborat subden…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)

    aliqua elatio in anima hominis praecessisset, cum verissime scriptum sit: Ante ruinam exaltatur cor (Prov. XXI, 18) . Secundo perdidit justitiam, quando uxoris voci plus quam divinae obedivit. Justitia enim est virtus, quae suum cuique reddit. Tertio amisit judicium, cum post pec…

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