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Proverbs 21:17
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15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the adead. 
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the unfaithful for the upright.
19 Better to dwell1 in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman. 
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What Does Proverbs 21:17 Mean?



Proverbs 21:17

Some of the results of a self-indulgent life are poverty, spiritual emptiness, and death. In I Timothy 5:6 "live in pleasure" is translated from the Greek word spatalao, describing a lifestyle of abandonment to one's desires for comfort and pleasure. It appears again only in James 5:5, as "luxury" or "wanton" (KJV).

Martin G. Collins
Overcoming (Part 8): Self-Indulgence

Related Topics: Desire | Desire, Inordinate | Epicureanism | Hedonism | Hedonistic Lifestyles | Lust | Lust of the Eyes | Lust of the Flesh | Luxury | Pleasure | Pleasure, Carnal | Pleasure, Sensual | Pleasure, Worldly | Poverty | Self Indulgence | Spatalao | Spiritual Emptiness | Wanton




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Proverbs 21:17:

Genesis 28:16-18
Luke 15:11-16


 
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