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18 The wicked will finally lose; the righteous will finally win.[a]

19 Better to live in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining woman.

20 The wise man saves for the future,[b] but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.

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  1. Proverbs 21:18 The wicked will finally lose; the righteous will finally win, literally, “The wicked is a ransom for the righteous.”
  2. Proverbs 21:20 The wise man saves for the future, literally, “There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise.”

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