Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.
18The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.
Proverbs 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
Luke 16:24And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
2 Timothy 3:4Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than 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 →