Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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loveth   Pro 21:20; Pro 5:10,11; Pro 23:21; Luk 15:13-16; Luk 16:24,25; 1Ti 5:6; 2Ti 3:4
pleasure   Heb. sport.
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loveth
Pro 21:20 [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Pro 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
Pro 5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Pro 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Luk 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luk 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luk 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luk 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luk 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luk 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
1Ti 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 21:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/21/17.html>.

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