Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and glutton become poor, || And drowsiness clothes with rags.
Literal Standard 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
20Do not become drunk with wine, || Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
22Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, || He [is] a brother to a destroyer.
Proverbs 21:17Whoever [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, || Whoever is loving wine and oil makes no wealth.
Ecclesiastes 10:18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, || And by idleness of the hands the house drops.
Joel 1:5Awake, you drunkards, and weep, || And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, || For it has been cut off from your mouth.
1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will 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 →