KJV King James Version
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
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Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
WEB World English Bible
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
ASV American Standard Version
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 23
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
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Proverbs 21:17He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.Proverbs 6:9-11How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Deuteronomy 21:20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.Joel 1:5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.Proverbs 24:30-34I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;Isaiah 28:1-3Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
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