Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Berean Standard Bible
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 strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Luke 16:24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather 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 →