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Proverbs 21:17
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 23:20-21
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Proverbs 23:20-21
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20 Do not be among winebibbers
or among gluttonous eaters of meat,(A)
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(B)
Proverbs 25:16
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Proverbs 25:16
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16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
lest, having too much, you vomit it up.(A)
Proverbs 27:7
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Proverbs 27:7
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7 The sated appetite spurns honey,
but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.(A)
Proverbs 28:7
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 Those who keep the law are wise children,
but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)
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