Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Warnings about dining with rulers, pursuing wealth, moving boundary stones, and the dangers of wine and the adulteress. The father pleads with his son to listen and buy truth and not sell it. The image of the drunken man who …
Other Translations
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Cross References
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not …
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are …
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is …