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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the drunkard
caba' (Hebrew #5433)
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
KJV usage: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber.
Pronounce: saw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
and the glutton
zalal (Hebrew #2151)
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
KJV usage: blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
Pronounce: zaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2107)
shall come to poverty
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
: and drowsiness
nuwmah (Hebrew #5124)
sleepiness
KJV usage: drowsiness.
Pronounce: noo-maw'
Origin: from 5123
shall clothe
labash (Hebrew #3847)
a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Pronounce: law-bash'
Origin: or labesh {law-bashe'}
a man with rags
qera` (Hebrew #7168)
a rag
KJV usage: piece, rag.
Pronounce: keh'-rah
Origin: from 7167
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the drunkard.
Prov. 21:17• 17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. (Prov. 21:17)
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Deut. 21:20• 20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. (Deut. 21:20)
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Isa. 28:1‑3• 1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
 2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
 3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: (Isa. 28:1‑3)
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Joel 1:5• 5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. (Joel 1:5)
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1 Cor. 5:11• 11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Cor. 5:11)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Gal. 5:21• 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Gal. 5:21)
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Phil. 3:19• 19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Phil. 3:19)
drowsiness.
Prov. 6:9‑11• 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 6:9‑11)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:30‑34• 30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
 31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
 32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
 33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 24:30‑34)
• This was the sin of the stubborn and rebellious son of Deuteronomy 21:20. See verses 29 to 35 below. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.