Devine Scripture

Proverbs 23:21

Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

Context

v.20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

v.21This passage

v.22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 21:17

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

  • Proverbs 24:30

    I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Deuteronomy 21:20

    and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Galatians 5:21

    envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:10

    nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Isaiah 28:1

    Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!