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Proverbs 21:17
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 Pleasure lovers become poor;
loving wine and oil doesn’t bring riches.
Proverbs 23:20-21
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Proverbs 23:20-21
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20 Don’t associate with heavy drinkers
or dine with gluttons,
21 because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor,
and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 25:16
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Proverbs 25:16
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16 If you find some honey,
eat only what you need.
Take too much,
and you’ll vomit.
Proverbs 27:7
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Proverbs 27:7
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7 The person[a] who is full spurns honey,
but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Lit. soul
Proverbs 28:7
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 Whoever keeps the Law is a discerning son,
but whoever keeps company with gluttons
brings shame to his father.
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