Proverbs 21:18

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
KJV · King James Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
WEB · World English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

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