Proverbs 21:17

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The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:21 : 21 because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
  • Prov 5:10-11 : 10 lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house. 11 And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
  • Luke 15:13-16 : 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle. 14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’ 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
  • 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
  • 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:20-21
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    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

    11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

    12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 23:20-21
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    20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

    21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 23:30
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    30Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    6Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

    7let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

  • Mic 6:15
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    15You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.

  • Prov 3:10
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    10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.