Proverbs 21:17
The ohev simchah (lover of pleasure) shall be an ish machsor (man of poverty, want, shortage); 1 he that loveth yayin and shemen shall not be rich. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20There is otzar to be desired and shemen in the naveh (dwelling) of the chacham; 1 but a kesil adam squanders it. 1
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the zolel (glutton) shall come to poverty, 1 and drowsiness shall clothe with rags. 1
Luke 16:24And he called, Avraham Avinu! Chaneni na and send El'azar that he may dip the tip of his finger into the mayim and cool my tongue, because I am in torment in this moked (fire). + 16:24 Isa 66:24
2 Timothy 3:4Treacherous, reckless, conceited, ohavei ta'anugot (lovers of pleasures) rather than ohavei Hashem,
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 →