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16 People who wander from the path of insight
    will rest in the company of the dead.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:18 Heb lacks will be punished.

16 Whoever strays from the path of prudence
    comes to rest in the company of the dead.(A)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(B)

18 The wicked become a ransom(C) for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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