Proverbs 23:21
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- KJV
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- WEB
- for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
- ASV
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
- DARBY
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
- BLB
- For the drunkard and the glutton will be dispossessed, and drowsiness will clothe [them] in rags.
- ÅB
- For drankeren og fråtseren blir fattig, og søvn klær mannen i filler.
- OTB
- for drankere og fråtsere vil komme til fattigdom, og døsighet vil kle dem i filler.
- B1930
- For drankeren og fråtseren blir fattig, og søvn klær mannen i filler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Read in contextProverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:20
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextProverbs 6:9–11
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
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