Pro 11:8, Isa 43:3-4, 53:4-5, 55:8-9, 1Pe 3:18 | ESV | STEP | The righteous is delivered from trouble , and the wicked walks into it instead .

Proverbs 11:8

8 ^aThe righteous is delivered from trouble,
and the wicked walks into it instead.

Isaiah 43:3-4

3 For ^bI am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
^cI give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and ^dSeba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 53:4-5

4 ^eSurely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
^fsmitten by God, and afflicted.
5 ^gBut he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
^hand with his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 55:8-9

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 ⁱFor as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

1 Peter 3:18

18 For Christ also ^jsuffered ^{▼▼Some manuscripts died} ^lonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ^mthat he might bring us to God, being put to death ⁿin the flesh but made alive ^oin the spirit,