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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
γpleasure
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
shall be a poor
machcowr (Hebrew #4270)
from 2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Pronounce: makh-sore'
Origin: or machcor {makh-sore'}
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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 usage: 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.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
: he that loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
and oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
shall not be rich
`ashar (Hebrew #6238)
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV usage: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, sport.

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Oil,
Poor,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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loveth.
Prov. 21:20• 20[There is] a desirable store and oil in the dwelling of the wise one;{HR}But a foolish man swalloweth it up. (Prov. 21:20)
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Prov. 5:10‑11• 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth,{HR}And thy labours [go] to the house of an alien;
 11And thou mourn in thine end,{HR}When thy flesh and thy body are consumed; (Prov. 5:10‑11)
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Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty,{HR}And drowsiness shall clothe with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Luke 15:13‑16• 13And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
 14But when he had spent all, there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
 15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
 16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave unto him. (Luke 15:13‑16)
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Luke 16:24‑25• 24And he, crying out, said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me: and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.
 25But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, likewise Lazarus evil things; but now here he is comforted, and thou art in suffering. (Luke 16:24‑25)
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1 Tim. 5:6• 6But she that devoteth herself to pleasure is dead while living. (1 Tim. 5:6)
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2 Tim. 3:4• 4traitors, headstrong, puffed up, pleasure-lovers rather than God-lovers, (2 Tim. 3:4)
pleasure.
Heb. sport.
• The spendthrift and the self-indulgent are not in the way to future wealth and comfort. It is the frugal and self-denying who, by present carefulness, pave the way to easier circumstances in years to come. The young man who spends his time in folly, seeking dubious pleasures with unwise companions, is laying up misery and want for his afterlife. (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that loveth pleasurea [shall be] a poor man;{HR}He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, mirth.