And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Proverbs 20:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition WINE IS a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler; and whoever errs or reels because of it is not wise. [Prov. 23:29, 30; Isa. 28:7; Hos. 4:11.] American Standard Version (1901) Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. Common English Bible Wine is a mocker; beer a carouser. Those it leads astray won’t become wise. Catholic Public Domain Version It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise. |
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?
But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are gone astray; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgement.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.
On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they which practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;