Proverbs 23:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 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] destruction, whose God [is their] 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, 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] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  • Isa 28:1-3 : 1 ¶ Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an 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, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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    20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

  • Deut 21:20
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    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
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    15¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17¶ He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

  • Eccl 10:17-18
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    72%

    17Blessed [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!

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  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!

  • Prov 31:5-7
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    72%

    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

    6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
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    71%

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

    34So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

  • Prov 23:30
    71%

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

  • Prov 21:25
    71%

    25¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 19:24
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    24¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 22:16
    70%

    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

  • 1 Cor 11:21
    70%

    21For in eating every one taketh before [other] his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

  • Prov 18:9
    70%

    9¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  • Isa 5:22
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    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%

    34‹And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and› [so] ‹that day come upon you unawares.›

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    70%

    15¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

  • Prov 26:9
    70%

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

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    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, [and] much more abundant.

  • Isa 28:7
    69%

    7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

    12The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Isa 28:3
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    3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Prov 23:2
    69%

    2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Prov 28:19
    69%

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

  • Matt 24:49
    68%

    49‹And shall begin to smite› [his] ‹fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;›

  • Luke 7:34
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    34‹The 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
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    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 while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.