Proverbs 21:17
Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched.
Catholic Public Domain 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
16A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.
Proverbs 23:21For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
Luke 16:24And crying out, he said: ‘Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.’
2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than 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 →