Proverbs 21:17
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
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- Prov 23:21 : 21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
- Prov 21:20 : 20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
- Prov 5:10-11 : 10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others; 11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
- Luke 15:13-16 : 13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living. 14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need. 15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food. 16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
- Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
- 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.
- 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
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- Prov 21:20-212 verses77%
20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
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22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
- Eccl 5:10-123 verses75%
10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
- Prov 23:20-212 verses75%
20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
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5 A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.
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16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
- Prov 28:19-202 verses74%
19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
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1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
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16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
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9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
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21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
- Prov 13:7-82 verses73%
7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
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30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
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19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
- Prov 31:6-72 verses72%
6 Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
7 Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
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6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
- Prov 11:28-292 verses71%
28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
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11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
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3 A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
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4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
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15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
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6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.
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11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
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22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
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27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
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4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
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15 You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
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10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.
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18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
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21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
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1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
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17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
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29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
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8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.