Proverbs 23:21 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 23:19-21 MSG (The Message)
Oh listen, dear child—become wise; point your life in the right direction. Don’t drink too much wine and get drunk; don’t eat too much food and get fat. Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.
Proverbs 23:21 KJV (King James Version)
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 NCV (New Century Version)
Those who drink and eat too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.
Proverbs 23:21 ASV (American Standard Version)
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 NIV (New International Version)
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:21 NKJV (New King James Version)
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 AMP (Amplified Bible)
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 NLT (New Living Translation)
for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:21 TPT (The Passion Translation)
because drunkards and gluttons sleep their lives away and end up broke!
Proverbs 23:21 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.