Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
In this first verse we see that wine and oil are associated with unbridled luxury in feasting and that many people in our society today have expensive pleasures like golf, ball games, movies, etc. If people indulge in these things on a regular basis and they will never have anything in life or death.The thing I see in this last verse is that God has always had a sharp separation between the wicked and the righteous. It seems that the transgressor has a price to pay for his wickedness and God will not have the upright to pay. Their debt is paid in full through Jesus. The wicked shall be cut off to preserve he righteous. Again let us strive to do our best to follow the path that God lays out for us