Cross references

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure will become poor;

the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 BSB

Proverbs 21:17 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 23:21 (13 votes) and 1 Timothy 5:6 (8 votes). 3 other verses point back to it. It links with 3 other books, from Proverbs 5 to 2 Timothy 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 21:17 point to?

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  1. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  2. But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

  3. traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

  4. lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

  5. Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

  6. After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. …

  7. So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’ But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

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