Proverbs 21:18
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
King James Version
In Context
17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are 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 →