Proverbs 23:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't be a heavy drinker or stuff yourself with food.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

It isn't clever to get drunk! Drinking makes a fool of you and leads to fights.

Proverbs 21:17

Heavy drinkers and others who live only for pleasure will lose all they have.

Proverbs 23:2

Don't go and stuff yourself! That would be just the same as cutting your throat.

Proverbs 28:7

It makes good sense to obey the Law of God, but you disgrace your parents if you make friends with worthless nobodies.

Isaiah 22:13

But instead, you celebrated by feasting on beef and lamb and by drinking wine, because you said, “Let's eat and drink! Tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 5:11

You are in for trouble! You get up early to start drinking, and you keep it up late into the night.

Isaiah 5:22

And you are great at drinking and mixing drinks. But you are in for trouble.

Matthew 24:49

Suppose that evil servant starts beating the other servants and eats and drinks with people who are drunk.

Luke 15:13

Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

Luke 16:19

There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food.

Luke 21:34

Don't spend all your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you

Romans 13:13

So behave properly, as people do in the day. Don't go to wild parties or get drunk or be vulgar or indecent. Don't quarrel or be jealous.

Ephesians 5:18

Don't destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life.

Deuteronomy 21:20

The parents will tell the leaders, “This son of ours is stubborn and never obeys. He spends all his time drinking and feasting.”