Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
In Context
16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
18A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Luke 16:24And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.
2 Timothy 3:4traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:17
16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Here is, 1. The sinner upon his ramble: He wanders out of the way of understanding, and when once he has left that good way he wanders endlessly. The way of religion is the way of understanding; those that are not truly pious are not truly intelligent; those that wander out of this way break the hedge which God has set, and follow the conduct of the world and the flesh; and they go astray like lost sheep. 2. The… Read the whole commentary →