Proverbs 21:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and ·perfume [oil] will never be rich.

¹⁸ Wicked people ·will suffer instead of [^Lare a ransom for] ·good [righteous] people,
and ·those who cannot be trusted [the unfaithful] will suffer instead of those ·who do right [with integrity/virtue].

¹⁹ It is better to live ·alone in the desert [in a desolate land]
than with a ·quarreling [contentious] and ·complaining [angry] wife.