Proverbs 23:21
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
Proverbs 18:9He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Proverbs 21:17The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
Ecclesiastes 10:18When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
Joel 1:5Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
1 Corinthians 6:10Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →