Proverbs 21:18
and a transgressor is the + 21:18 Gr. `off-scouring;' perhaps `ransom,' q. d. that which cleans. abomination of a righteous man.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
In Context
17A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
19It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and given Soene for you.
Isaiah 55:8For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your 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 →