Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

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WEBBE

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

BSB

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

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אִישׁ 'ish [will be] a person of H376 מַחְסוֹר mach·sor poverty H4270 אֹהֵב 'o·hev [one who] loves H157 שִׂמְחָה sim·chah pleasure H8057 אֹהֵב 'o·hev [one who] loves H157 יַיִן־ ya·yin- wine H3196 וָשֶׁמֶן va·she·men and oil H8081 לֹא lo' not H3808 יַעֲשִׁיר ya·'a·shir he will gain riches H6238

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WineWorldlinessDrunkennessFoodAmusements And Worldly PleasuresOilFrugalityPleasureExtravagance

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.