Proverbs 23:21

“for the drinker and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.”

Proverbs 23:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 23:21, word by word

the drinkerסֹבֵאsove

drink heavily

Take wine without limit; one always intoxicated.

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and the gluttonזוֹלֵלzolel

be a glutton

To eat and spend without restraint.

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will become poorיִוָּרֵשׁyivaresh

General meaning: Take possession; dispossess.

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drowsinessנוּמָהnuma

drowsiness

Drowsiness, the heavy sleep of the sluggard or of the drunkard.

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will clothe themתַּלְבִּישׁtalbish

clothe

To put clothes on someone else, sometimes as an honor or a help.

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in ragsקְרָעִיםkeraim

torn piece, rag

A torn piece of cloth, a rag. From the same root as "tear."

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The context

20Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttons of meat for themselves;

21 · This verse (above)

22Listen to your father who fathered you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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