Proverbs 23:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:17 : 17 The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.
  • Deut 21:20 : 20 They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.”
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense. 31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson: 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
  • Isa 28:1-3 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Samaria The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine. 2 Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand. 3 The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

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    20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

  • Deut 21:20
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    20They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.”

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

  • Prov 21:17
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  • 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 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.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

  • Hab 2:15
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  • Eccl 10:17-18
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    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.

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    7For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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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 31:5-7
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  • Prov 24:33-34
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    33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

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  • Prov 6:9-11
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    9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

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

  • Prov 21:25
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    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

  • 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.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

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    22Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

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    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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    34Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

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    15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

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    12Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’

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    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

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  • Eccl 5:12
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    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.

  • Isa 28:3
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    3The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 23:2
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    2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.

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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.

  • Matt 24:49
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    49and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

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    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

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    10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.