Proverbs 23:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Those who eat and drink too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:17

Loving pleasure leads to poverty. Wine and luxury will never make you wealthy.

Philippians 3:19

The way they live is leading them to destruction. They have replaced God with their own desires. They do shameful things, and they are proud of what they do. They think only about earthly things.

Galatians 5:21

being filled with envy, getting drunk, having wild parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: The people who do these things will not have a part in God’s kingdom.

1 Corinthians 5:11

I meant you must not associate with people who claim to be believers but continue to live in sin. Don’t even eat with a brother or sister who sins sexually, is greedy, worships idols, abuses others with insults, gets drunk, or cheats people.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

Deuteronomy 21:20

They must say to the leaders of the town: ‘Our son is stubborn and refuses to obey. He does not do anything we tell him to do. He eats and he drinks too much.’

Joel 1:5

Drunks, wake up and cry! All of you who drink wine, cry because your sweet wine is finished. You will not taste it again.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He’s a friend of tax collectors and other sinners.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.”

Proverbs 18:9

Someone who does careless work is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

If someone is too lazy to work, their house will begin to leak, and the roof will fall in.