Verse 21
Proverbs 23:21
King James Version
21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe
a man with rags.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭/זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝/קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה
English Translation
For a glutton and a drunkard will inherit, and rags will clothe the lazy.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
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2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou
be a man given to appetite.
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3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they
are deceitful meat.
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4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for
riches
certainly make themselves wings; they f...
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6
Eat thou not the bread of
him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart
is not wit...
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8
The morsel
which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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11
For their redeemer
is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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13
Withhold not correction from the child: for
if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but
be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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18
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe
a man with rags.
22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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23
Buy the truth, and sell
it not;
also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise
child shall have joy...
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25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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27
For a whore
is a deep ditch; and a strange woman
is
a narrow pit.
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28
She also lieth in wait as
for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without caus...
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30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
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31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth its...
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32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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34
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top o...
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35
They have stricken me,
shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me,
and I felt
it not: w...
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