17 The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.(A)

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17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
    he who loves wine and oil[a] will not become rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:17 Or “fat”

20 Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine(A)
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.(B)
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.(C)

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20 Do not be among drinkers of wine,
    among gluttonous eaters of their meat.[a]
21 For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor,
    and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:20 Literally “meat for them”

16 If you find honey,(A) eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.(B)

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16 If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

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A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

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An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
    but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)

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He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
    but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

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