Proverbes 21:17

17 Celui qui aime la joie reste dans l'indigence; Celui qui aime le vin et l'huile ne s'enrichit pas.

Proverbes 21:17 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man
Or "sport"


FOOTNOTES:

F3 and pastime, music and dancing, cards and dice, hunting and hawking, and other sensual gratifications; a man that indulges himself in these things, and spends his time and his money in such a way, is very likely to be a poor man, and generally is so in the issue; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich;
that is, that loves them immoderately; otherwise in moderation they may be both loved and used; "wine" and "oil" are put for high living, luxurious feasts, costly entertainments; which being so, and continually made, will not suffer a man to be rich. The sense is, that an epicure, one that makes a god of his belly, that is both a winebibber and a glutton, that indulges to rich eating and drinking, in course lessens his substance, and leaves little for his heir: and this holds good with respect to spiritual as to temporal things; such persons are poor, and not rich in spiritual things, that indulge to carnal pleasure, and the gratification of their sensual appetite.
F3 (hxmv) "laetitiam", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Cocceius, Schultens.

Proverbes 21:17 In-Context

15 C'est une joie pour le juste de pratiquer la justice, Mais la ruine est pour ceux qui font le mal.
16 L'homme qui s'écarte du chemin de la sagesse Reposera dans l'assemblée des morts.
17 Celui qui aime la joie reste dans l'indigence; Celui qui aime le vin et l'huile ne s'enrichit pas.
18 Le méchant sert de rançon pour le juste, Et le perfide pour les hommes droits.
19 Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, Qu'avec une femme querelleuse et irritable.
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