Proverbs 21:18
The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
In Context
17Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched.
19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:18
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Here is an argument against a voluptuous luxurious life, taken from the ruin it brings upon men's temporal interests. Here is 1. The description of an epicure: He loves pleasure. God allows us to use the delights of sense soberly and temperately, wine to make glad the heart and put vigour into the spirits, and oil to make the face to shine and beautify the countenance; but he that loves these, that sets his heart upon… Read the whole commentary →