Proverbs 23:21
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Read Proverbs 23:21 Using Other Translations
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags
for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
What does Proverbs 23:21 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty
They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and
drinking; see ( Proverbs
21:17 ) ; and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with
rags;
excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits
them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending
all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are
clothed in rags; see ( Proverbs
24:33 Proverbs
24:34 ) .
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