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Proverbs 21:17-19
Common English Bible
Proverbs 21:17-19
Common English Bible
17 Those who love pleasure end up poor;
lovers of wine and oil won’t get rich.
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous;
the treacherous will be punished[a] in the place of the virtuous.
19 Better to live in a wilderness
than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:18 Heb lacks will be punished.
Proverbs 21:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 21:17-19
New International Version
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)
18 The wicked become a ransom(B) for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.
19 Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(C)
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