Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man.He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
New Heart English 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
16The man who wanders out of the way of understandingshall rest in the assembly of the dead.
18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;the treacherous for the upright.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;but a foolish man swallows it up.
Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Luke 16:24He called out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'
2 Timothy 3:4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
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 →