Proverbs 21:17-19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁷ The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.^(A)

¹⁸ The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for^[a] the upright.^(B)

¹⁹ Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.^(C)