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

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be 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 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
    or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(B)
    and drowsiness clothes 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 enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)

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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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One who is full loathes honey from the comb,
    but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes 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 heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(A)

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