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Proverbs 21:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 21:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 Anyone who strays from the way of prudence
will rest in the company of the shades.[a]
17 Whoever craves pleasure will end up in want;
whoever loves wine and oil will never grow rich.
18 The wicked man serves as a ransom for the righteous,[b]
as does the faithless man for the upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:16 Company of the shades: i.e., the dead in the netherworld.
- Proverbs 21:18 The wicked man serves as a ransom for the righteous: this thought is exemplified in the history of Israel; e.g., God ransomed the exiles of Judah from the Persian conqueror Cyrus by giving him three nations (Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba) in ransom (see Isa 43:1ff).