Proverbs 23:21
For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.
Free Bible Version
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
20Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
22Pay attention to your father, and don't disregard your mother when she's old.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and tell them, “Our son is obstinate and rebellious, He doesn't obey us. He's a worthless drunk!”
Proverbs 18:9Laziness and destruction are brothers.
Proverbs 21:17If you love pleasure you'll become poor; if you love wine and olive oil you won't ever be rich.
Ecclesiastes 10:18Lazy people let their roofs collapse; idle people don't repair their leaky houses.
Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunks, and weep! Howl you wine drinkers, because the new wine has been suddenly taken away from your mouth!
1 Corinthians 6:10thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit 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 →