Proverbs 21:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Wicked people ·will suffer instead of [^Lare a ransom for] ·good [righteous] people,
and ·those who cannot be trusted [the unfaithful] will suffer instead of those ·who do right [with integrity/virtue].

¹⁹ It is better to live ·alone in the desert [in a desolate land]
than with a ·quarreling [contentious] and ·complaining [angry] wife.

²⁰ Wise people’s houses are full of ·the best foods [or precious treasure] and olive oil,
but fools ·waste [consume; ^Lswallow] everything they have.