Proverbs 21:17-19

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¹⁷ Loving pleasure leads to poverty. Wine and luxury will never make you wealthy.

¹⁸ The wicked must pay for what happens to good people—the cheaters will be taken in exchange for the honest.

¹⁹ It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quick-tempered wife who loves to argue.