Proverbs 23:21

American Standard Version (1901)

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:17 : 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • Deut 21:20 : 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Isa 28:1-3 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:20
    82%

    20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

  • Deut 21:20
    77%

    20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Prov 19:15
    76%

    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 21:17
    75%

    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 20:1
    73%

    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Joel 1:5
    72%

    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Hab 2:15
    72%

    15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

  • Eccl 10:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

    18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    72%

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Isa 5:11
    72%

    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

  • Prov 31:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.

    6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

    7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

    34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Hab 2:5
    71%

    5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  • Prov 23:30
    71%

    30They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

  • Prov 21:25
    71%

    25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 19:24
    71%

    24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 22:16
    70%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Isa 51:21
    70%

    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

  • 1 Cor 11:21
    70%

    21for in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

  • Prov 18:9
    70%

    9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

  • Isa 5:22
    70%

    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

  • Prov 23:22
    70%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Luke 21:34
    70%

    34But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

  • Prov 26:15
    70%

    15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

  • Prov 26:9
    70%

    9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Isa 56:12
    69%

    12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

  • Isa 28:7
    69%

    7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Prov 10:4
    69%

    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Isa 28:3
    69%

    3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • Prov 23:2
    69%

    2And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

  • Prov 28:19
    69%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • Matt 24:49
    68%

    49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

  • Luke 7:34
    68%

    34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  • Isa 24:9
    68%

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Nah 1:10
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    10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.