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

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  1. Proverbs 21:17 Or “fat”

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

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 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 satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul 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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  1. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”

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

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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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