Proverbs 23:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:17 : 17 Whoso `is' loving mirth `is' a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
  • Deut 21:20 : 20 and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end `is' destruction, whose god `is' the belly, and whose glory `is' in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, 11 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. 31 And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. 32 And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
  • Isa 28:1-3 : 1 Wo `to' the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That `is' on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine. 2 Lo, a mighty and strong one `is' to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 and now, I did write to you not to keep company with `him', if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:20
    82%

    20Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

  • Deut 21:20
    77%

    20and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

  • Prov 19:15
    76%

    15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

  • Prov 21:17
    75%

    17Whoso `is' loving mirth `is' a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

  • Prov 20:1
    73%

    1Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

  • Joel 1:5
    72%

    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

  • Hab 2:15
    72%

    15Wo `to' him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

  • Eccl 10:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Happy art thou, O land, When thy king `is' a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

    18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    72%

    7for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

  • Isa 5:11
    72%

    11Wo `to' those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

  • Prov 31:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

    6Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

    7He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

    34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

  • Hab 2:5
    71%

    5And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

  • Prov 23:30
    71%

    30Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.

  • Prov 21:25
    71%

    25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

  • Prov 19:24
    71%

    24The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

  • Prov 22:16
    70%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Isa 51:21
    70%

    21Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

  • 1 Cor 11:21
    70%

    21for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

  • Prov 18:9
    70%

    9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

  • Isa 5:22
    70%

    22Wo `to' the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

  • Prov 23:22
    70%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

  • Luke 21:34
    70%

    34`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

  • Prov 26:15
    70%

    15The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 26:9
    70%

    9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Isa 56:12
    69%

    12`Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'

  • Isa 28:7
    69%

    7And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

  • Prov 10:4
    69%

    4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Eccl 5:12
    69%

    12Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

  • Isa 28:3
    69%

    3By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Prov 23:2
    69%

    2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

  • Prov 28:19
    69%

    19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.

  • Matt 24:49
    68%

    49and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

  • Luke 7:34
    68%

    34the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

  • Isa 24:9
    68%

    9With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

  • Nah 1:10
    68%

    10For while princes `are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.