Proverbs 21:18
The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
In Context
17He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith 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 →