Mishle 21:18-20

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁸ The reshah shall be a kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik, and the boged (the unfaithful) for the yesharim.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.

²⁰ There is otzar to be desired and shemen in the naveh (dwelling) of the chacham; but a kesil adam squanders it.