Proverbs 23:21
for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
20Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.
Proverbs 18:9A man who helps not himself by his labor is brother of him that ruins himself.
Proverbs 21:17A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
Ecclesiastes 10:18By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.
Joel 1:5Awake, you⌃ drunkards, from + 1:5 Gr. their. your wine, and weep: mourn, all you⌃ that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.
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 →