Proverbs 11:8

A Conservative Version

A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

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A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

But the salvation of the righteous is of LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble,

Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.