Proverbs 21:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
In context
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.
Proverbs 21:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- KJV King James Version
- He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- WEB World English Bible
- He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.