Proverbs 21:17 “He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil…”

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

World English Bible

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

American Standard Version

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

Darby Translation

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Bible in Basic English

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

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Cross references

“loveth”

Proverbs 23:21 1 Timothy 5:6 2 Timothy 3:4 Proverbs 21:20 Luke 15:13–16 Proverbs 5:10

Proverbs 23:21 · BSB

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

1 Timothy 5:6 · BSB

But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

2 Timothy 3:4 · BSB

traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Proverbs 21:20 · BSB

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Luke 15:13–16 · BSB

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Proverbs 5:10 · BSB

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

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