Proverbs 23:21
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
World English Bible British
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 be amongst ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
Ecclesiastes 10:18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
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 →