Proverbs 21:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶Whoever wanders from the way of understanding
    will rest in the assembly of the dead.
¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
    whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
    and the faithless for the upright.

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