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

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

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20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
    or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and (C)slumber will clothe them with rags.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine

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.

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16 If you have (A)found honey, eat (B)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

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16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
    lest you be sated with it and vomit it.

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One who is full loathes (A)honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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He who is sated loathes honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
    but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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He who keeps the law is a wise son,
    but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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