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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:17 I.e. items associated with lavish feasting and excessive luxury.

17 One who (A)loves pleasure will become a poor person;
One who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

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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.

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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 one with rags.

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16 
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.

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16 Have you (A)found honey? Eat only [a]what you need,
So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:16 Lit your sufficiency


He who is satisfied loathes honey,
But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

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A satisfied [a]person [b]despises honey,
But to a hungry [c]person any bitter thing is sweet.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul
  2. Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on
  3. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul


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].

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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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