Proverbs 21:17
Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
Young's Literal Translation
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
16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
18The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:20A treasure to be desired, and oil, [Is] in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Proverbs 23:21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Luke 16:24and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.
2 Timothy 3:4traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more 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 →