Proverbs 23:21

21 quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur et vestietur pannis dormitati

Proverbs 23:21 Meaning and Commentary

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 ) .

Proverbs 23:21 In-Context

19 audi fili mi et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuu
20 noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comesationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt
21 quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur et vestietur pannis dormitati
22 audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua
23 veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam
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