Proverbs 21:17
Modern English Version
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 21:17
21st Century King James Version
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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Proverbs 23:20-21
Modern English Version
20 Do not be among winebibbers,
among riotous eaters of meat;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:20-21
21st Century King James Version
20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Proverbs 25:16
Modern English Version
16 Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you,
lest you be filled with it and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:16
21st Century King James Version
16 Hast thou found honey? Eat only so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith and vomit it.
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Proverbs 27:7
Modern English Version
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb,
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
21st Century King James Version
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Proverbs 28:7
Modern English Version
7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son,
but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
Proverbs 28:7
21st Century King James Version
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son, but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
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