Proverbs 23:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²¹ because drunks and gluttons will be impoverished; their stupor will clothe them in rags.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.

Proverbs 23:21 Cross References

Proverbs 21:17

Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler. Do not even eat with such a one.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Deuteronomy 21:20

They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you wine drinkers, over the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Matthew 11:19

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.