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Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Proverbs 21:17 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 21:17 in other translations
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
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In context
14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
20 Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
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