Verse 17
¶ He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
- Prov 21:20 : 20 ¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
- Prov 5:10-11 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- Luke 15:13-16 : 13 ‹And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.› 14 ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.› 15 ‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.› 16 ‹And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.›
- Luke 16:24-25 : 24 ‹And 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 tormented in this flame.› 25 ‹But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.›
- 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
- 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;