18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for[a] the upright.(A)

19 Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.(B)

20 Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,
but a fool consumes them.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:18 Or in place of
  2. 21:20 Lit it

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