17He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.


In Context

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16 A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

Proverbs 21:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.