17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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17 Those who love pleasure end up poor;
    lovers of wine and oil won’t get rich.

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20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
    or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and (C)slumber will clothe them with rags.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine

20 Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wine
    or those who eat too much meat,
21     because drunks and gluttons will be impoverished;
    their stupor will clothe them in rags.

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16 If you have (A)found honey, eat (B)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

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16 If you find honey, eat just the right amount;
    otherwise, you’ll get full and vomit it up.

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One who is full loathes (A)honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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Someone who is full refuses honey,
    but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.

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The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
    but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Intelligent children follow Instruction,
    but those who befriend gluttons shame their parents.

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