Proverbs 21:17

Proverbs 21:17 in other translations

What does Proverbs 21:17 mean?

Proverbs 21:17 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 21:17

• Proverbs 23:21

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

• 1 Timothy 5:6

  But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

• 2 Timothy 3:4

  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

• Proverbs 5:10-11

  Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

• Proverbs 21:20

  There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

• Luke 15:13-16

  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. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

• Luke 16:24-25

  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. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

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Context

• Proverbs 21:16

  The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

• Proverbs 21:17

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

• Proverbs 21:18

  The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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