Proverbs 21:17
15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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 shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:4
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Read in contextProverbs 5:10–11
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Read in contextProverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Read in contextLuke 15:13–16
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Read in contextLuke 16:24–25
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.
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