17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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20 (A)Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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20 Be not among winebibbers,
Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
    or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(B)
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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16 Have you found honey?
Eat only as much as you need,
Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

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16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)

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A satisfied soul [a]loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 tramples on

The full soul [a]loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Hebrew trampleth upon.

One who is full loathes honey from the comb,
    but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

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Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son;
But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

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A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(A)

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