Proverbs 21:17

World English Bible (2000)

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:21 : 21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
  • Prov 5:10-11 : 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. 11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
  • Luke 15:13-16 : 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.' 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
  • 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
  • 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 21:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

    21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 28:22
    75%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

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

  • Prov 23:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

    21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Hab 2:5
    74%

    5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 20:1
    74%

    1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Prov 21:16
    73%

    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    73%

    9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • Luke 12:21
    73%

    21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Prov 23:30
    73%

    30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

  • Eccl 10:19
    72%

    19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

  • Prov 31:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

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

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 23:4
    72%

    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 11:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Isa 5:11
    71%

    11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 29:3
    71%

    3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

  • Prov 10:4
    71%

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 10:15
    70%

    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 19:15
    70%

    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    70%

    6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Prov 15:27
    70%

    27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 19:4
    70%

    4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 15:16
    70%

    16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

  • Mic 6:15
    70%

    15 You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.

  • Prov 3:10
    70%

    10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • Prov 21:18
    70%

    18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 20:13
    70%

    13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    69%

    17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

  • Job 15:29
    69%

    29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Prov 28:8
    69%

    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Ps 104:15
    69%

    15 wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.