Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Amsal 21:18

In the course of his Book, Solomon makes mention of all positive and negative virtues. In the course of his words he stipulates that the צדיק, the righteous person, personifies precisely the opposite virtues of the רשע, the wicked person. Similarly, the ישר, the upright person, is the reverse of the devious person, the traitor. Throughout the Book of Proverbs Solomon contrasts opposite virtues. In chapter 21,18 this is spelled out very clearly when we read כופר לצדיק רשע ותחת ישרים בוגד. “The wicked will be a ransom for the righteous; the traitor in place of the upright.” Solomon clearly contrasts the righteous with the wicked and the upright with the traitor, the deceiver. These two types of people are absolute opposites. Solomon makes another statement along these same lines when he writes in 11,6 צדקת ישרים תצילם וסלף בוגדים ישדם. “The righteousness of the upright saves them; the treacherous will be trapped by their malice.”