for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 23:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
- Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Philippians 3:19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
- Deuteronomy 21:20 They shall tell 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.”
- Proverbs 6:9-11 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
- Galatians 5:21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding: Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
- Joel 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Isaiah 28:1-3 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine! Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall…
Pro 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Ver. 21. For the drunkard shall come to poverty.] Nay, to eternal misery in hell; {1Co 6:10} but few men fear that; beggary they hold worse than any hell. Per mare pauperiem fugiunt, per saxa, per ignes. {a} But poverty to such is but a prelude to a worse matter.
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{a} Horat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Drowsiness; immoderate sleep and idleness, which is a ready…
Drowsiness; immoderate sleep and idleness, which is a ready a way to poverty as gluttony or drunkenness is.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to…
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty,.... They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; see Pro 21:17;
and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags; excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are clothed in rags; see Pro 24:33.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rags. At death the insolent shall be exposed to…
Rags. At death the insolent shall be exposed to shame.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain drowsiness--the dreamy sleep of the slothful.
drowsiness--the dreamy sleep of the slothful.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. drowsiness] occasioned by excess of meat and drink.…
21. drowsiness] occasioned by excess of meat and drink. Comp. Luk_21:34.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Drowsiness, that follows after such debauches.
(21) Drowsiness, that follows after such debauches.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Intemperance leads to prodigality, carelessness, and ruin. And drowsiness…
Intemperance leads to prodigality, carelessness, and ruin. And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. The luxury and excess spoken of above lead to drowsiness and inability to work, and poverty follows as the natural result. (comp. Pro_19:15 Pro_24:33, etc.) The Vulgate still harps on the same string as in the previous verse, "Those who waste time in drinking, and who give picnics (dantes symbola), shall be ruined, and somnolence small clothe with rags." The LXX introduces a new idea which the Hebrew does not warrant, "For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor, and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and rags."
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 21. for the drunkard and the glutton shall…
v. 21. for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, all his property being dissipated in riotous living; and drowsiness, the laziness and apathy into which the intemperate man is bound to sink in consequence of his excesses, shall clothe a man with rags, bring him to the very depths of poverty.
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