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

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

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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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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