Proverbs 21:17
Revised Standard Version
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Revised Standard Version
20 Be not among winebibbers,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 25:16
Revised Standard Version
16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
lest you be sated with it and vomit it.
Proverbs 27:7
Revised Standard Version
7 He who is sated loathes honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
Proverbs 28:7
Revised Standard Version
7 He who keeps the law is a wise son,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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