Proverbs 23:21

21  for the drunkard and the glutton nwill come to poverty,

and oslumber will clothe them with rags.

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Proverbs 21:17
Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 6:4
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

Proverbs 6:10–11
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 24:33–34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.


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