Proverbs 11:8

Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 11

“The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.”Proverbs 11:8

What Does Proverbs 11:8 Mean?

Proverbs 11:8 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Righteousness.

Cross-References (10)

These passages are connected to Proverbs 11:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Daniel 6:23“Then was the king exceeding 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 manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.”Proverbs 21:18“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.”Esther 7:9“And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.”Isaiah 43:3“For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.”Proverbs 12:13“The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.”Psalms 141:10“Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.”Daniel 3:22“Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.”Job 2:3“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.”Isaiah 51:23“But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.”Daniel 6:24“And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.”

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