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Proverbs 21:17

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He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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  1. Proverbs 21:15

    It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  2. Proverbs 21:16

    The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  3. Proverbs 21:18

    The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  4. Proverbs 21:19

    It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.