Proverbs 21:17

The Passion Translation

To love pleasure for pleasure’s sake will introduce you to poverty. Indulging in a life of luxury will never make you wealthy.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked bring on themselves the very suffering they planned for others, for their treachery comes back to haunt them.

Proverbs 21:20

In wisdom’s house you’ll find delightful treasures and the oil of the Holy Spirit. But the stupid squander what they’ve been given.

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t live in the excesses of drunkenness or gluttony, or waste your life away by partying all the time,

Proverbs 23:21

because drunkards and gluttons sleep their lives away and end up broke!

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who serves only herself lives a life of self-indulgence and is wasting her life away.

2 Timothy 3:4

With brutal treachery, they will act without restraint, bigoted and wrapped in clouds of their conceit. They will find their delight in the pleasures of this world more than the pleasures of the loving God.