The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
The wicked shalbe a ransome for the righteous; and the transgressour for the vpright.
1611 marginal noteChap. 11.18.
KJV dictionary & concordance
One who breaks or passes beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Proverbs 21:18
Complete exact-word concordance
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The wicked shalbe a ransome for the righteous; and the transgressour for the vpright.
1611 marginal noteChap. 11.18.
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
The eyes of the LORD preserue knowledge, and he ouerthroweth the words of the transgressour.
1611 marginal noteOr, the matters.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Yea thou heardest not, yea thou knewest not, yea from that time that thine eare was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deale very treacherously, and wast called a transgressour from the wombe.
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
For if I build againe the things which I destroyed, I make my selfe a transgressour.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
For he that said, Doe not commit adultery; sayd also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressour of the Law.
1611 marginal noteOr, that Law which said.
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