ESV Reformation Study Bible – Pr 21:18
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Pr 21:18

21:18 See 11:8 and note. A ransom is a sum paid to release someone. However, this proverb does not depend on this precise sense, but points in general terms to the Last Judgment, when the righteous will be vindicated and the wicked defeated.