Proverbs 21:17 — Meaning and Application

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

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

He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}

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

{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}