Verse 17
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
- Prov 21:20 : 20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
- Prov 5:10-11 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, 11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- Luke 15:13-16 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
- 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
- 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;