21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.


In Context

18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

Proverbs 23:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:21for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.