Proverbs 23:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

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  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted 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 tomorrow we shall die.
  • 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."
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those 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 done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in 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
    79%

    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.

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

  • Prov 23:19
    76%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Deut 21:20
    75%

    20And they shall say to 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
    2 verses
    74%

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

    21It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8You shall 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 do not be drunk with wine, in which 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.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

  • Prov 23:1-3
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    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

    2And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

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

  • Joel 1:5
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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.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

  • Isa 5:11
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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!

  • Isa 24:9
    72%

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

  • Prov 31:4-6
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    72%

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

    5Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

    6Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those of heavy hearts.

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 5:11
    72%

    11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

  • Hab 2:15
    72%

    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!

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    71%

    23No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

  • 1 Cor 6:10
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    10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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

  • Isa 28:7-8
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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.

    8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

  • Prov 23:6-7
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    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 24:1
    70%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

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

  • Matt 11:19
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    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

  • Isa 51:21
    69%

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

  • Gal 5:21
    69%

    21envy, 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.

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

  • Rom 13:13
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    13Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

  • 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.

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

  • Lev 10:9
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    9'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

  • Num 6:3
    69%

    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 grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

  • Prov 22:26
    69%

    26Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.

  • Isa 56:12
    68%

    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.