Proverbs 23:21
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also 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 that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Read in contextProverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextProverbs 6:9–11
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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