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Proverbs 23:21
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For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,and grogginess will clothe them in rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
Those who drink and eat too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
It will make you feel drowsy, and you will end up poor with only rags to wear.
for both drunkard and glutton will become poor — drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Those who eat and drink too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.
For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags.
For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and with rags, drowsiness will clothe them.
for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe one with rags.
for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man 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.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges.
For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate.
for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
For the man who drinks too much or eats too much will become poor, and much sleep will dress a man in torn clothes.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the drunkard: Proverbs 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:20, Isaiah 28:1-3, Joel 1:5, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Galatians 5:21, Philippians 3:19
drowsiness: Proverbs 6:9-11, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 24:30-34
Reciprocal: Job 20:14 - his meat Proverbs 18:9 - that is slothful Proverbs 23:29 - Who hath woe Proverbs 24:31 - and the Proverbs 28:19 - but Ecclesiastes 10:18 - General Ephesians 5:18 - be not
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty,.... They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; see Proverbs 21:17;
and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags; excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are clothed in rags; see Proverbs 24:33.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it.
Reins - See Job 19:27 note.
Proverbs 23:17
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.”
Proverbs 23:18
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Proverbs 23:20
Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton” in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20.
Proverbs 23:21
The three forms of evil that destroy reputation and tempt to waste are brought together.
Drowsiness - Specially the drunken sleep, heavy and confused.
Proverbs 23:26
Observe - Another reading gives, “let thine eyes delight in my ways.”
Proverbs 23:28
As for a prey - Better as in the margin.
The transgressors - Better, the treacherous,” those that attack men treacherously.
Proverbs 23:29
Woe ... sorrow - The words in the original are interjections, probably expressing distress. The sharp touch of the satirist reproduces the actual inarticulate utterances of drunkenness.
Proverbs 23:30
Mixed wine - Wine flavored with aromatic spices, that increase its stimulating properties Isaiah 5:22. There is a touch of sarcasm in “go to seek.” The word, elsewhere used of diligent search after knowledge Proverbs 25:2; Job 11:7; Psalms 139:1, is used here of the investigations of connoisseurs in wine meeting to test its qualities.
Proverbs 23:31
His color - literally, “its eye,” the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Song of Solomon 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Proverbs 23:32
Adder - Said to be the Cerastes, or horned snake.
Proverbs 23:34
The passage is interesting, as showing the increased familiarity of Israelites with the experiences of sea life (compare Psalms 104:25-26; Psalms 107:23-30).
In the midst of the sea - i. e., When the ship is in the trough of the sea and the man is on the deck. The second clause varies the form of danger, the man is in the “cradle” at the top of the mast, and sleeps there, regardless of the danger.
Proverbs 23:35
The picture ends with the words of the drunkard on waking from his sleep. Unconscious of the excesses of the night, his first thought is to return to his old habit.
When shall I awake ... - Better, when I shall awake I will seek it yet again.
