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Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe `a man' with rags.
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BBE Proverbs 23:21

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
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DARBY Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
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KJV Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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WBT Proverbs 23:21

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WEB Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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YLT Proverbs 23:21

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Intemperance leads to prodigality, carelessness, and ruin. And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. The luxury and excess spoken of above lead to drowsiness and inability to work, and poverty follows as the natural result (comp. Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 24:33, etc.). The Vulgate still harps on the same string as in the previous verse, "Those who waste time in drinking, and who give picnics (dantes symbola), shall be ruined, and semnolence small clothe with rags." The LXX. introduces a new idea which the Hebrew does not warrant, "For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor, and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and rags."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Drowsiness, that follows after such debauches.