Proverbs 21:17

Easy To Read Version

If having fun is the most important thing to a person, then that person will become poor. If that person loves wine and food, then he will never be rich.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:18

Evil people have to pay for all the bad things they do to good people. People who are not honest have to pay for the things they do to honest people.

Proverbs 21:20

A wise person saves the things he needs. But a foolish person uses everything as fast as he gets it.

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t be friends with people who drink too much wine and eat too much food.

Proverbs 23:21

People who drink too much and eat too much become poor. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, and soon they have nothing.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.

2 Timothy 3:4

In the last days people will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited and proud. People will love pleasure—they will not love God.