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18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous;
    the treacherous will be punished[a] in the place of the virtuous.
19 Better to live in a wilderness
    than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.
20 Precious treasure and oil stay in the home of the wise,
    but fools swallow them up.

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  1. Proverbs 21:18 Heb lacks will be punished.

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