Proverbs 21:17DRA

Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 17 of 31

"He that loveth pleasure a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."
Proverbs 21:17

In context

15joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

17He that loveth pleasure a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

18The wicked a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

19better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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