Proverbs 21:18

"The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh instead of the upright."

This is not clear; but the teaching seems to be that in the providence of God his punishments of mankind fall rather upon the wicked than upon the righteous. Delitzsch cited Haman's execution rather than that of Mordecai as an example of this;[16] and Deane pointed out that what happened in Egypt illustrates the second line. "The destroying angel spared the houses of the Israelites and executed the firstborn of the Egyptians."[17] The Spanish Version reads: "El hombre falso y malvado Sufrira en lugar Del justo y honrado."[18] ("The false and evil man will suffer in the place of the just and the honorable")