Verse 1

Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.
  • Prov 31:4 : 4 O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not I say for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite,
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
  • 2 Sam 11:13 : 13 And when Dauid had called him, he did eate and drinke before him, and he made him drunke: And at euen he went out to lye on his couch with ye seruautes of his lorde, but went not downe to his house.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse.
  • Gen 9:21-23 : 21 And he drynkyng of the wyne, was dronken, and vncouered within his tent. 22 And Ham the father of Chanaan, seeyng the nakednesse of his father, tolde his two brethren without. 23 And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse.
  • Gen 19:31-36 : 31 And the elder said vnto the younger: our father is olde, and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde. 32 Come, let vs geue our father wine to drynke, and lye with hym, that we may saue seede of our father. 33 And so they gaue their father wine to drinke that night: and the elder daughter went and lay with her father, and he perceaued it not neither when she laye downe, neyther when she rose vp. 34 And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the younger: beholde, yesternight lay I with my father: let vs make hym drynke wyne this nyght also, & go thou and lye with hym, that thou mayest rayse vp seede of our father. And they made their father drynke wyne that nyght also. 35 And the younger arose, and laye with hym: & he perceaued it not, neither whe she lay downe, neither whe she rose vp. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with chylde by their father.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng. 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 Come say they I wyll fetche wine, so shall we fyll our selues, that we may be drunken: and do to morowe lyke as to day, yea and much more.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 This is the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners.
  • Hab 2:15-16 : 15 Wo vnto him that geueth his neyghbour drinke, thou ioynest thy heate, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities. 16 Thou art filled with shame for glorie, drinke thou also and be made naked: the cup of the Lordes right hand shalbe turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuyng shalbe for thy glorie.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-21 : 16 And they went out at noone: but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions, both he and the kinges: eue thirtie & two kinges, that holpe him. 17 And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first, and Benhadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria. 18 He sayde: Whether they be come out for peace, take them alyue: or whether they be come out to fight, take them yet alyue. 19 And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie, and the hoast after them: 20 And they slue euery one his enemie that came in his way: and the Syrians fled, & they of Israel folowed after the: And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse, with his horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charettes, & with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians.
  • 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.