Proverbs 11:8
New King James Version
8 (A)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.
Daniel 6:23-24
New King James Version
23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, (A)because he believed in his God.
Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, (B)and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, (C)their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.
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Proverbs 21:18
New King James Version
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the unfaithful for the upright.
Esther 7:9-10
New King James Version
9 Now (A)Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! (B)The [a]gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke (C)good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 So (D)they (E)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
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- Esther 7:9 Lit. tree or wood
Isaiah 43:3-4
New King James Version
3 For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
(A)I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have (B)loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
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