Proverbs 21:17

New English Translation

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

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The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.