Proverbs 23:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Be not among winebibbers; Among riotous eaters of flesh:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat, [Isa. 5:22; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Common English Bible

Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wine or those who eat too much meat,

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

Proverbs 23:20 Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

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

Proverbs 21:17

Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Isaiah 22:13

but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger in the evening to be inflamed by wine,

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant at mixing drink,

Matthew 24:49

and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards,

Luke 15:13

A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Deuteronomy 21:20

They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’