Proverbs 21:18
The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, || And the treacherous dealer for the upright.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
In Context
17Whoever [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, || Whoever is loving wine and oil makes no wealth.
19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:3For I—your God YHWH, || The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, || I have appointed Egypt your atonement, || Cush and Seba in your stead.
Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH,
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 →