Proverbs 23:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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  • Prov 23:21
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    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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  • Prov 23:19
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    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Deut 21:20
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    20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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  • Jer 16:8
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    8Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

  • Eph 5:18
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    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

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    5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

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    11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

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  • Prov 21:17
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    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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    15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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  • Eccl 10:17
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    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

  • Gal 5:21
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    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Eph 5:7
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    7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  • Rom 13:13
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    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

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

  • Luke 21:34
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    34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  • Lev 10:9
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    9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

  • Num 6:3
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    3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

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    12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.