Verse 20
And say vnto the elders of the citie: This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce, he is a rioter & a drunkarde.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.
- Prov 23:19-21 : 19 My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde. 20 Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe: 21 For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate.
- Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause? 30 Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse. 31 Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse: 32 It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder. 33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges: 34 Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship. 35 They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again.
- Prov 29:17 : 17 Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.
- Prov 19:26 : 26 He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.