Proverbs 23:20

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Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

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  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,
  • Rom 13:13 : 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.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.
  • 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.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in reckless living.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!'
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 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?'
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart. 7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

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  • Prov 23:21
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    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

    31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Deut 21:20
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    20They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    74%

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

  • Eph 5:18
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    18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Prov 23:1-3
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    1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is before you.

    2Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite.

    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • Prov 31:4-6
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    4It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

    5Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

    6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

    17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.

  • Hab 2:15
    72%

    15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • 1 Cor 6:10
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    10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 7:34
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    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

  • Isa 28:7-8
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    7But 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.

    8All the tables are full of vomit and filth; there is no clean place left.

  • Prov 23:6-7
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    6Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

    7For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He says to you, 'Eat and drink,' but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 24:1
    70%

    1Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21For when you eat, each one takes his own supper ahead of others. One goes hungry, and another gets drunk.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

  • Gal 5:21
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    21envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Eph 5:7
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    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

  • Rom 13:13
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    13Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

  • Luke 21:34
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    34Be 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.

  • Lev 10:9
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    9'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.

  • Num 6:3
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    3they must abstain from wine and any strong drink. They must not drink vinegar made from wine or vinegar made from strong drink. They must not drink any liquid made from grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

  • Prov 22:26
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    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

  • Isa 56:12
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    12"Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."