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
Lexham English Bible
17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
he who loves wine and oil[a] will not become rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:17 Or “fat”
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
Lexham English Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:20 Literally “meat for them”
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
Lexham English Bible
16 If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
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
Lexham English Bible
7 An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
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
Lexham English Bible
7 He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
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