Proverbs 23:21 · KJV
“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.”
— Proverbs 23:21
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: {of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23 — Context
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: {of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end {is} destruction, whose God {is their} belly, and {whose} glory {is} in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Proverbs 6:9-11
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son {is} stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; {he is} a glutton, and a drunkard.
Galatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told {you} in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.