Daniel 7, 1 John 3: 1-10, Proverbs 21: 17-26
Proverbs 21: 17 (ESV)
“Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves
wine and oil will not be rich.”
Verse 17 from Proverbs 21 is another simple piece of advice
that needs to be repeated often. Solomon tells us that if you love pleasure too
much, you will be a poor man. Similarly, if you love oil and wine too much you
will not have wealth. To be successful in life and have wealth requires self-discipline
and self-denial. You cannot always be in the pursuit of pleasure. Many would
consider wine and oil to be items of luxury. It’s not that you can’t have
luxury in life, but you can’t love them so much that you spend all of your
money on them.
Verse 17 can also be applied to food. If you find too much
pleasure in food, you will gain weight and not be a healthy and thin person. If
you spend all your time drinking too much wine and eating luxurious foods, you
will gain weight and not be healthy.
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