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Proverbs 21:17

17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;

He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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Proverbs 21:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;

whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;

he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:

He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 Those who love pleasure become poor;

those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;

whoever loves wine and perfume will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:

He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor. 

Whoever loves wine and expensive food will not become rich. 

Proverbs 21:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;

whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;

whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;

he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 Anyone who loves pleasure will become poor.

Anyone who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;

He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.


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