THEOSISProverbs 21:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסוֹר אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן־וָ֝שֶׁ֗מֶן לֹ֣א יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
- 1 Tim 5:6For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living.
- 2 Tim 3:4Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure more than of God:
- Prov 5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,
- Prov 5:11And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say;
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
- Luke 16:25And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
- Prov 21:20There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.