Proverbs 23:21

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Proverbs 21:17

Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and perfume will never be rich.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

If someone is lazy, the roof will begin to fall. If he doesn’t fix it, the house will leak.

Joel 1:5

Drunks, wake up and cry! All you people who drink wine, cry! Cry because your wine has been taken away from your mouths.

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, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved to be right by what she does.”

1 Corinthians 5:11

I am writing to tell you that you must not associate with those who call themselves believers in Christ but who sin sexually, or are greedy, or worship idols, or abuse others with words, or get drunk, or cheat people. Do not even eat with people like that.

Galatians 5:21

feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

Deuteronomy 21:20

They will say to the elders, “Our son is stubborn and turns against us. He will not obey us. He eats too much, and he is always drunk.”

Philippians 3:19

In the end, they will be destroyed. They do whatever their bodies want, they are proud of their shameful acts, and they think only about earthly things.