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17 He who (A)loves [a]pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

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  1. Proverbs 21:17 Lit gladness

17 Whoever loves pleasure will be poor.
Whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

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20 Do not be with (A)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (B)gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the (C)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And (D)drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

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20 Do not be among those who drink too much wine,
or those who eat too much meat,
21 because a drunk and a glutton will become poor,
and drunken stupor dresses a person in rags.

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16 Have you (A)found honey? Eat only enough for you,
Lest you have more than your fill and vomit it.

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16 When you find honey, eat only what you need.
Otherwise you will be filled with it and vomit it up.

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A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

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A satisfied appetite refuses honey,
but to a hungry appetite, everything bitter tastes sweet.

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He who observes the law is a son who understands,
But he who befriends (A)gluttons humiliates his father.

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The son who keeps the law has understanding,
but a companion of gluttons brings shame upon his father.

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