Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui diligit epulas in egestate erit ; qui amat vinum et pinguia non ditabitur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀνὴρ ἐνδεὴς ἀγαπᾷ εὐφροσύνην, φιλῶν οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον εἰς πλοῦτον·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסוֹר אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן וָ֝שֶׁ֗מֶן לֹ֣א יַעֲשִֽׁיר
Haydock's commentary
Rich. Economy is constantly recommended. (Calmet)
Those who squandered away their goods, were fined by the Areopagites. (Athen. iv. 19.)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.