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Proverbs 21:18
New Catholic Bible

18 The wicked man serves as a ransom for the righteous,[a]
    as does the faithless man for the upright.

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  1. Proverbs 21:18 The wicked man serves as a ransom for the righteous: this thought is exemplified in the history of Israel; e.g., God ransomed the exiles of Judah from the Persian conqueror Cyrus by giving him three nations (Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba) in ransom (see Isa 43:1ff).
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