Proverbs 21:17
WEB
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
BSB
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
KJV
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H376
n-m — man
Derivation: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
n.m — man
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
H4270
n-m — deficiency, impoverishment
Derivation: or מַחְסֹר; from 2637;
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
n.[m.] — need
מַחְסוֹר, מַחְסֹר n.[m.] need, thing needed, poverty
1. need = thing needed
2. lack, want
3. in gen., need, poverty
H157
v — have affection
Derivation: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
vb — love
אָהֵב 216 vb. love
Qal
1. human love to human object
2. less oft. of appetite
3. love to God
4. esp. Pt.
5. of divine love
Niph. Pt. pl. lovely, loveable
Pi.
1. friends
2. lovers
H8057
n-f — blithesomeness, glee
Derivation: from 8056;
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV: × exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
n.f — joy
שִׂמְחָה 93 n.f. joy, gladness, mirth
H3196
n-m — wine, intoxication
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to effervesce;
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
n.m — wine
יַ֫יִן 141 n.m. wine
H8081
n-m — grease, richness
Derivation: from 8080;
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV: anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
n.m — fat
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 n.m. fat, oil
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H6238
v — accumulate, grow, make, rich
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
vb — be rich
[עָשַׁר] vb. be or become rich
Qal I have become rich
Hiph.
1. make rich
2. gain riches
Hithp. one enriching himself.
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Verse 17
Proverbs 21:17
Here is an argument against a voluptuous luxurious life, taken from the ruin it brings upon men's temporal interests. Here is 1. The description of an epicure: He loves pleasure. God allows us to use the delights of sense soberly and temperately, wine to make glad the heart and put vigour into the spirits, and oil to make the face to shine and beautify the countenance; but he that loves these, that sets his heart upon them, covets them earnestly, is solicitous to have all the delights of sense wound up to the height of pleasurableness, is impatient of every thing that crosses him in his pleasures, relishes these as the best pleasures, and has his mouth by them put out of taste for spiritual delights, he is an epicure, Ti2 3:4. 2. The punishment of an epicure in this world: He shall be a poor man; for the lusts of sensuality are not maintained but at great expense, and there are instances of those who want necessaries, and live upon alms, who once could not live without dainties and varieties. Many a beau becomes a beggar.
Cross-references: 2Tim 3:4