Proverbs 21:17

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

Cross References (7)

  • Proverbs 23:21 (13)

    For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • 1 Timothy 5:6 (8)

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

  • 2 Timothy 3:4 (7)

    traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

  • Proverbs 5:10–11 (6)

    lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

  • Proverbs 21:20 (5)

    Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

  • Luke 16:24–25 (4)

    So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my to

  • Luke 15:13–16 (4)

    After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his we