Verse 11

Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.
  • Prov 23:27-35 : 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman. 28 She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? 30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks. 31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32 In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one lying down in the middle of the sea, or like one lying on the top of a mast. 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their staffs provide guidance for them. A spirit of prostitution has led them astray; they have been unfaithful under their God.