Proverbs 21:17
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
LXX2012 (US English)
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
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.
Proverbs 23:21for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
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 →