Proverbs 20:1

WEB

¹Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

KJV

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

BSB

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

FBV

¹Wine turns you into a mocker, alcohol makes you aggressive; you're stupid to be deceived^[+] by drink.

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Extra References

Ephesians 5:18

¹⁸Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Hosea 4:11

¹¹Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

1 Corinthians 6:10

¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

⁷They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4

⁴It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

Galatians 5:21

²¹envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

¹⁵“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies! ¹⁶You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

2 Samuel 11:13

¹³When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.

Isaiah 5:22

²²Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Proverbs 23:29-35

²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? ³⁰Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine. ³¹Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. ³²In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper. ³³Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things. ³⁴Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging: ³⁵“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”