Proverbs 21:17-19

International Children’s Bible

¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will become poor.
    Whoever loves wine and rich food will never be wealthy.

¹⁸ Wicked people will suffer instead of good people.
    And those who cannot be trusted will suffer instead of those who can.

¹⁹ It is better to live alone in the desert
    than with a quarreling and complaining wife.