Proverbs 21:17
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- KJV
- He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- WEB
- He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
- ASV
- He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- DARBY
- He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- BLB
- The one loving pleasure [is] a man of need, the one loving wine and oil will not become rich.
- ÅB
- Fattig blir den som elsker glade dager; den som elsker vin og olje, blir ikke rik.
- OTB
- Den som elsker nytelse, vil bli fattig; den som elsker vin og olje, vil ikke bli rik.
- B1930
- Fattig blir den som elsker glade dager; den som elsker vin og olje, blir ikke rik.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:6
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:4
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Read in contextProverbs 5:10–11
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
Read in contextProverbs 21:20
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Read in contextLuke 15:13–16
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
Read in contextLuke 16:24–25
So 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.’
Read in context