Proverbs 21:17
World English Bible (WEB)
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
In context
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.
Proverbs 21:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never 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.