Proverbs 23:21

New American Bible - revised edition

For drunkards and gluttons come to poverty, and lazing about clothes one in rags.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

Those slack in their work are kin to the destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Proverbs 21:17

The lover of pleasure will suffer want; the lover of wine and perfume will never be rich.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness, the rafters sag; when hands are slack, the house leaks.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, Over the new wine, taken away from your mouths.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by her works.” Reproaches to Unrepentant Towns.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But I now write to you not to associate with anyone named a brother, if he is immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a robber, not even to eat with such a person.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy 21:20

where they shall say to the elders of the city, “This son of ours is a stubborn and rebellious fellow who will not listen to us; he is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.