17 The one who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.(A)

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
    whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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20 Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine(A)
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.(B)
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.(C)

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20 Do not be among winebibbers
    or among gluttonous eaters of meat,(A)
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(B)

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16 If you find honey,(A) eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.(B)

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16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
    lest, having too much, you vomit it up.(A)

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A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

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The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.(A)

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A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)

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Those who keep the law are wise children,
    but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)

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