Proverbs 21:17

Modern

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Traditional

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Literal

The one loving pleasure is a man of need, the one loving wine and oil will not become rich.

Latin

Qui diligit epulas in egestate erit; qui amat vinum et pinguia non ditabitur.

Hebrew

English

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Spending on wine and luxury stops people from saving money. They choose to spend instead of save.

Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
1 Timothy 5:6
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
2 Timothy 3:4
…traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Proverbs 5:10–11
…lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
Proverbs 21:20
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Luke 15:13–16
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
Luke 16:24–25
So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’