Proverbs 21:17
Amplified Bible
17
He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves and is devoted to [a]wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:17 I.e. items associated with lavish feasting and excessive luxury.
Proverbs 21:17
New American Standard Bible
17 One who (A)loves pleasure will become a poor person;
One who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Amplified Bible
20
Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,(A)
21
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.
Proverbs 23:20-21
New American Standard Bible
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 one with rags.
Proverbs 25:16
Amplified Bible
16
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
Proverbs 25:16
New American Standard Bible
16 Have you (A)found honey? Eat only [a]what you need,
So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:16 Lit your sufficiency
Proverbs 27:7
Amplified Bible
7
He who is satisfied loathes honey,
But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
- Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on
- Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
Proverbs 28:7
Amplified Bible
7
He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].
Proverbs 28:7
New American Standard Bible
7 He who keeps the Law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of (A)gluttons humiliates his father.
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