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

²⁰ Do not be among winebibbers or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Be not among winebibbers; Among riotous eaters of flesh:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wine or those who eat too much meat,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.

Proverbs 23:20 Cross References

Ephesians 5:18

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

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.

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 16:19

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

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.

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,

Proverbs 28:7

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

Proverbs 20:1

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

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.’

Proverbs 23:2

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

Proverbs 21:17

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