Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Be not among winebibbers; Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: More versionsKing 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: |
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: But he that is a companion of gluttonous men shameth his father.
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
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:
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard.