Proverbs 23:20

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

Proverbs 21:17

Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched.

Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.

Proverbs 28:7

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son. But whoever feeds gluttons brings shame to his father.

Isaiah 22:13

But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!

Matthew 24:49

and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated:

Luke 15:13

And after not many days, the younger son, gathering it all together, set out on a long journey to a distant region. And there, he dissipated his substance, living in luxury.

Luke 16:19

A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day.

Luke 21:34

But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Deuteronomy 21:20

And they shall say to them: 'This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.'