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


In Context

14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

15 To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

16 A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

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

18 The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

19 Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:17He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never 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 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.