Proverbs 23:20

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Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.
  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we 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 dullness of the eyes? 30 Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things. 34 And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging. 35 You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed; 7 let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries. 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:21
    82%

    21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

  • Prov 20:1
    79%

    1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

  • Prov 23:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

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

  • Prov 23:19
    76%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Deut 21:20
    75%

    20They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.”

  • Rom 14:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

  • Jer 16:8
    74%

    8“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

  • Eph 5:18
    74%

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

  • Prov 4:17
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    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

  • Prov 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

    2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Joel 1:5
    73%

    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

  • Hab 2:5
    72%

    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

  • Isa 5:11
    72%

    11Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

  • Isa 24:9
    72%

    9They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

  • Prov 31:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

    5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

    6Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
    72%

    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

  • Hab 2:15
    72%

    15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    71%

    23(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

  • Eccl 10:17
    71%

    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.

  • Hos 4:11
    71%

    11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • 1 Cor 6:10
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    10thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 7:34
    70%

    34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  • Isa 28:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer– priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

    8Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit, with filth, leaving no clean place.

  • Prov 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

    7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

  • Prov 24:1
    70%

    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • 1 Cor 11:21
    70%

    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

  • Prov 9:5
    70%

    5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

  • Matt 11:19
    70%

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

  • Isa 51:21
    69%

    21So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

  • Gal 5:21
    69%

    21envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

  • Eph 5:7
    69%

    7Therefore do not be sharers with them,

  • Rom 13:13
    69%

    13Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
    69%

    7For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

  • Luke 21:34
    69%

    34Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

  • Lev 10:9
    69%

    9“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

  • Num 6:3
    69%

    3he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

  • Prov 22:26
    69%

    26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

  • Isa 56:12
    68%

    12Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’