Proverbs 21:17-19

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
    whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
    and the faithless for the upright.
¹⁹It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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