Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth meats shall be in neediness (or He who loveth too much food shall be in want); he that loveth wine and fat things, shall not be made rich.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 21:20Desirable treasure and oil is in the dwelling place of a just man; and an unprudent man shall destroy it. (Desirable treasure and oil be in the dwelling place of the wise; but an imprudent person shall destroy it all.)
Proverbs 23:21For men giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels together, shall be wasted, and napping shall be clothed with clothes rent. (For those giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels to each other, shall be wasted, or destroyed, and their napping shall eventually clothe them with torn clothes.)
Luke 16:24And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dip the end of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
2 Timothy 3:4traitors, over-thwart [or froward], swollen [or blown] with proud thoughts, blind, lovers of lusts more than 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 →