Proverbs 23:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to followe drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 And begin to smite his fellowes, & to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, & drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes? 30 Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine. 31 Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly. 32 In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise. 33 Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things. 34 And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste. 35 They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart. 7 Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spet the time past of ye life, after the lust of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, drunkenes, in gluttonie, drinkings, & in abominable idolatries. 4 Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

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  • Prov 23:21
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    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.

    31Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Deut 21:20
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    20And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

    21It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

  • Eph 5:18
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    18And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

  • Prov 23:1-3
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    1When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,

    2And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.

    3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, & howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shal he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to followe drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

  • Prov 31:4-6
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    4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

    5Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

    6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extorsioner, with such one eate not.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, & makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
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    23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.

  • 1 Cor 6:10
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    10Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.

  • Luke 7:34
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    34The Sonne of man is come, and eateth and drinketh: and ye say, Beholde, a man which is a glutton, and a drinker of wine, a friend of Publicanes and sinners:

  • Isa 28:7-8
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    7But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement.

    8For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.

  • Prov 23:6-7
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    6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

    7For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21For euery man when they should eate, taketh his owne supper afore, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore heare nowe this, thou miserable and drunken, but not with wine.

  • Gal 5:21
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    21Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

  • Eph 5:7
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    7Be not therefore companions with them.

  • Rom 13:13
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    13So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

  • Luke 21:34
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    34Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.

  • Lev 10:9
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    9Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations,

  • Num 6:3
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    3He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

  • Prov 22:26
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    26Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.

  • Isa 56:12
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    12Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fill our selues with strong drinke, and to morowe shalbe as this day, and much more abundant.