Proverbs 21:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.”
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“He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso <FI>is<Fi> loving mirth <FI>is<Fi> a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- Proverbs 21:20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
- Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
- Luke 16:24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
- 1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
- 2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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