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Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

KJV

Qui diligit epulas in egestate erit ; qui amat vinum et pinguia non ditabitur.

Vulgate

ἀνὴρ ἐνδεὴς ἀγαπᾷ εὐφροσύνην, φιλῶν οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον εἰς πλοῦτον·

LXX

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

ASV

אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסוֹר אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן וָ֝/שֶׁ֗מֶן לֹ֣א יַעֲשִֽׁיר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַחְסֽוֹר
mchsvr
noun · 13×
מַעֲשִׁ֑יר
m'shyr
verb · 17×
שֶּׁ֖מֶן
shmn
noun · 191×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
  • 2Tim 3:4 — Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
  • Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 16:24 — And he cried 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 tormented in this flame.
  • Prov 5:10 — Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
  • Prov 21:20 — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
  • Prov 23:21 — For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Prov 23:21 — For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Prov 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.