Proverbs 11:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Common English Bible

⁸ The righteous are saved from distress, and the wicked take their place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.

Proverbs 11:8 Cross References

Psalm 37:39

But the deliverance of the righteous is from יהוה, Their strength in time of distress.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.

Proverbs 11:9

The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare, But the righteous gets out of distress.

Proverbs 21:18

The wrong is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous for the straight.

Daniel 6:25

Then Sovereign Dareyawesh wrote to all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be increased to you.