Holy Scripture
Proverbs 11:8
A church father on this verse
“"The righteous is delivered out of trouble," etc. Any martyr freed from the distress of suffering after death will be entrusted to punishment on account of his cause to the persecutor who caused him distress. James was crowned with martyrdom, Peter was saved from prison; and Herod, who persecuted them, visibly consume…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8A righteous man escapes from a snare, And the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
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6The righteousness of upright men delivers them: But transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: But the boast of the ungodly perishes.
— Proverbs 11:8 —
9In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: But the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
10In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: