Read Plans
Sign in Register

Proverbs 23:21

WEB

21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

KJV

21For the drunkard[+] and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

BSB

21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

FBV

21For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.

Related Resources

Interrogating Alcohol (Selected Scriptures) - Grace to You

Extra References

Proverbs 21:17

17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.


Proverbs 19:15

15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.


Philippians 3:19

19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.


Galatians 5:21

21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.


Proverbs 6:9-11

9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.


1 Corinthians 5:11

11But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.


Deuteronomy 21:20

20They shall tell 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.”


1 Corinthians 6:10

10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.


Joel 1:5

5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.


Proverbs 24:30-34

30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: 33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, 34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.