Old Testament · VERSE 17

Proverbs 21:17

King James Version

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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Proverbs 21:17 in context

Proverbs 21:15

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Proverbs 21:17SELECTED VERSE

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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