Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
KJV
quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
Vulgate
πᾶς γὰρ μέθυσος καὶ πορνοκόπος πτωχεύσει, καὶ ἐνδύσεται διερρηγμένα καὶ ῥακώδη πᾶς ὑπνώδης.
LXX
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.
ASV
כִּי סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭/זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝/קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
verb · 232×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 110×
נָזֹֽלּוּ
nzlv
verb · 8×
נוּמָֽה
nvmh
noun · 1×
סובאים
svb'ym
verb · 6×
קְרָעִֽים
qr'ym
noun · 4×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:11 — But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one n
- 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- Deut 21:20 — And they shall say unto 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.
- Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
- Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Isa 28:1 — Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
- Joel 1:5 — Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
- Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
- Prov 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Prov 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- Prov 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- Prov 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Prov 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.