Proverbs 23:21

The Passion Translation

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is too lazy to look for work is the same one who wastes his life away.

Proverbs 19:15

Go ahead—be lazy and passive. But you’ll go hungry if you live that way.

Proverbs 21:17

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

Matthew 11:19

Yet when the Son of Man came and went to feasts and drank wine, you said, ‘Look at this man! He is nothing but a glutton and a drunkard! He spends all his time with tax collectors and other sinners.’ But God’s wisdom will become visible by those who embrace it.”

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I’m writing to you so that you would exclude from your fellowship anyone who calls himself a fellow believer and practices sexual immorality, or is consumed with greed, or is an idolater, or is verbally abusive or a drunkard or a swindler. Don’t mingle with them or even have a meal with someone like that.

1 Corinthians 6:10

fraud, greed, drunkenness, verbal abuse, or extortion—these will not inherit God’s kingdom realm.

Galatians 5:21

being envious of the blessings of others, murder, uncontrolled addictions, wild parties, and all other similar behavior. Haven’t I already warned you that those who use their “freedom” for these things will not inherit the kingdom realm of God!

Philippians 3:19

doom awaits them. Their god has possessed them and made them mute. Their boast is in their shameful lifestyles and their minds are in the dirt.