King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 21:17
“He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 21
15
[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
16
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17
He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18
The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19
[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
