Proverbs 20:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.
  • Prov 31:4 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to crave strong drink.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 2 Sam 11:13 : 13 Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:
  • Gen 9:21-23 : 21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and he uncovered himself inside his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, went backward, and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
  • Gen 19:31-36 : 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us in the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 33 So they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine tonight also; and go in, lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light. 37 But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners.
  • Hab 2:15-16 : 15 Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness! 16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, do not fear: have not I commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16-21 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine. 31 Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls smoothly. 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes shall see strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast. 35 "They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."

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    29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

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    31Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls smoothly.

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

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    4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to crave strong drink.

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    11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

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    7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness!

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    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Luke 5:39
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    39No one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, The old is better.

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    21Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunk, but not with wine:

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    9Pause and wonder; cry out and cry: they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

  • Deut 21:20
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  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

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    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.

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

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    1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the fertile valleys of those who are overcome with wine!

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

  • Prov 14:8
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  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

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    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.