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Proverbs 21:17–18

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17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;

whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.t

18The wicked become a ransomu for the righteous,

and the unfaithful for the upright.

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Cross references

  1. tPr 23:20–21, 29–35
  2. uPr 11:8; Isa 43:3

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.