OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 21:17

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He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

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Verse 17. Rich. Economy is constantly recommended. Calmet.—Those who squandered away their goods, were fined by the Areopagites. Athen. iv. 19.

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