Pro 21:17
He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. {in...: or, delicately}
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours {be} in the house of a stranger; {thy wealth: Heb. thy strength}
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
{There is} treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth {his} substance.