Proverbs 21:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. He that loveth pleasure - That follows gaming, fowling, hunting, coursing, etc., when he should be attending to the culture of the fields, shall be a poor man; and, I may safely add, shall be so deservedly poor, as to have none to pity him.