Proverbs 21:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.

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

For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living.

Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God:

There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.

The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.

Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat: