Deuteronomy 21:20
and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;
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- Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
- Prov 23:19-21 : 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, 20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, 21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
- Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? 30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. 31 See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright. 32 Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. 33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. 34 And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast. 35 `They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'
- Prov 29:17 : 17 Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.
- Prov 19:26 : 26 Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
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- Deut 21:18-192 verses85%
18 `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --
19 then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,
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21 and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.
- Prov 23:19-224 verses77%
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
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1 Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
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5 And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,
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25 A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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20 A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
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26 Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
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13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
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15 `And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
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30 but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
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21 Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
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7 And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
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14 And -- lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,
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17 `And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
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31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
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20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
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15 Wo `to' him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.
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10 And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,
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17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
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19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
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11 Wo `to' those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!
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5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.
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22 Wo `to' the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
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21 Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,
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6 Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
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21 and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.
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1 A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.
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16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king `is' a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king `is' a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
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11 And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
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7 Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
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21 then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father's house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring `in' her father's house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
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18 Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.
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15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
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12 `Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'
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18 `And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,
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11 and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.
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5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
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24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
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11 A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
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24 Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
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16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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14 And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.
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11 If one is going `with' the wind, And `with' falsehood hath lied: `I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!
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30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.