"He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}" — Proverbs 21:17

Proverbs 21:17 · KJV

“He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}”

— Proverbs 21:17

Verse 16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Verse 18

The wicked {shall be} a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Proverbs 21 — Context

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}

The wicked {shall be} a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.

1 Timothy 5:6

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. {in...: or, delicately}

2 Timothy 3:4

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Proverbs 5:10-11

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours {be} in the house of a stranger; {thy wealth: Heb. thy strength}

Proverbs 21:20

{There is} treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Luke 15:13-16

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.

Luke 16:24-25

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.