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Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
Proverbs 21:17 · World English 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 become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never 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 pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.
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