Cross references

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 23:21 BSB

Proverbs 23:21 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 21:17 (9 votes) and Proverbs 19:15 (7 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 21 to Philippians 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 23:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

  2. Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

  3. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

  4. and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

  5. How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, …

  6. But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

  7. and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  8. I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. …

  9. Joel 1:54 votes

    Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

  10. nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Which verses point to Proverbs 23:21?

The 10 strongest of 12.