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Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
Proverbs 23:21 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 23:21 in other translations
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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In context
18 For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
19 O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
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