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18 Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people,
    and treacherous people will take the place of decent people.
19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarreling and angry woman.
20 Costly treasure and wealth are in the home of a wise person,
    but a fool devours them.

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18 The wicked become a ransom(A) for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(B)

20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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