Proverbs 21:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.
  • Prov 5:10-11 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger; 11 And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
  • Luke 15:13-16 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
  • 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
  • 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

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    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

    21He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 23:30
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    30Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    6Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those of heavy hearts.

    7Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 29:3
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    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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    6But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

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    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

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    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

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    27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

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    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Mic 6:15
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    15You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.

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    10So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

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    29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

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    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

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    15And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.