John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 23:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, etc.] They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; (see <202117>Proverbs 21:17); and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags; excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are clothed in rags; (see <202433>Proverbs 24:33,34).

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