Proverbs 21:18

New International Reader's Version

Evil people become the payment for setting godly people free. Those who aren’t faithful are the payment for honest people.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:8

Those who do right are saved from trouble. But trouble comes on those who do wrong.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ also suffered once for sins. The one who did what is right suffered for those who don’t do right. He suffered to bring you to God. His body was put to death. But the Holy Spirit brought him back to life.