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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 21:17 |
Strong Concordance |
He that loveth [0157] pleasure [08057] shall be a poor [04270] man [0376]: he that loveth [0157] wine [03196] and oil [08081] shall not be rich [06238]. |
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King James |
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Costly luxuries impoverish. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Wine and oil - i. e., The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. The price of oil or precious unguent was about equal to the 300 days' wages of a field laborer Mat 20:2. Indulgence in such a luxury would thus become the type of all extravagance and excess. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
17 He who loveth pleasure becometh a man of want;
He who loveth wine and oil doth not become rich.
In Arab. samh denotes the joyful action of the "cheerful giver," Co2 9:7; in Heb. the joyful affection; here, like farah, pleasure, delight, festival of joy. Jerome: qui diligit epulas. For feasting is specially thought of, where wine was drunk, and oil and other fragrant essences were poured (cf. Pro 27:9; Amo 6:6) on the head and the clothes. He who loves such festivals, and is commonly found there, becomes a man of want, or suffers want (cf. Jdg 12:2, אישׁ ריב, a man of strife); such an one does not become rich (העשׁיר, like Pro 10:4, = עשׂה עשׁר, Jer 17:11); he does not advance, and thus goes backwards. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wine and oil - Delicious fare and luxurious feasting. Wine and oil were much used in feasts in those parts. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He that loveth pleasure - That follows gaming, fowling, hunting, coursing, etc., when he should be attending to the culture of the fields, shall be a poor man; and, I may safely add, shall be so deservedly poor, as to have none to pity him. |
2 And [1161] when he had agreed [4856] with [3326] the labourers [2040] for [1537] a penny [1220] a day [2250], he sent [649] them [846] into [1519] his [846] vineyard [290].
11 As the partridge [07124] sitteth [01716] on eggs, and hatcheth [03205] them not; so he that getteth [06213] riches [06239], and not by right [04941], shall leave [05800] them in the midst [02677] of his days [03117], and at his end [0319] shall be a fool [05036].
4 He becometh poor [07326] that dealeth [06213] with a slack [07423] hand [03709]: but the hand [03027] of the diligent [02742] maketh rich [06238].
2 And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto them, I and my people [05971] were [01961] at great [03966] strife [0376] [07379] with the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]; and when I called [02199] you, ye delivered [03467] me not out of their hands [03027].
6 That drink [08354] wine [03196] in bowls [04219], and anoint [04886] themselves with the chief [07225] ointments [08081]: but they are not grieved [02470] for the affliction [07667] of Joseph [03130].
9 Ointment [08081] and perfume [07004] rejoice [08055] the heart [03820]: so doth the sweetness [04986] of a man's friend [07453] by hearty [05315] counsel [06098].
7 Every man [1538] according as [2531] he purposeth [4255] in his heart [2588], so let him give; not [3361] grudgingly [1537] [3077], or [2228] of [1537] necessity [318]: for [1063] God [2316] loveth [25] a cheerful [2431] giver [1395].