Proverbs 21:17

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,.... Or "sport" (c) and pastime, music and dancing, cards and dice, hunting and hawking, and other sensual gratifications; a man that indulges himself in…

Wine and oil - i. e., The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. The price of oil or precious unguent was about equal to the 300 days’ wages of a field laborer Mat 20:2. Indulgence in such a luxury…

Here is an argument against a voluptuous luxurious life, taken from the ruin it brings upon men's temporal interests. Here is 1. The description of an epicure: He loves pleasure. God allows us to use…

wine and oil "The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. Among these the oil, or precious unguent, was always most conspicuous (Psa 23:5; Psa 45:7, and especially Wis 2:7). And when we consider its…