Proverbs 21:17–18
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17Indulging in luxuries, wine, and rich food will never make you wealthy.
18The wicked bring on themselves the suffering they try to cause good people.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
and the traitor for the upright.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Those who love pleasure become poor;
those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.
The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
and traitors in place of the honest.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
A ransom for the righteous is the wicked,
and the faithless instead of the upright.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the transgressor for the upright.
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