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18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:18 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 18)This intimates, 1. What should be done by the justice of men: The wicked , that are the troublers of a land, ought to be punished, for the preventing and turning away of those national judgments which otherwise will be inflicted and in which even the righteous are many times involved. Thus when Achan was stoned he was a ransom for the camp of righteous Israel; and the seven sons of Saul, when they...
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