Isaiah 5:11

Modern English Version

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink; who continue late in the evening until wine inflames them!

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant from what is harmful? Can your servant taste what I eat and what I drink? Can I still hear the voices of men and women who sing? Why, then, should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler; whoever is seduced by it is not wise.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

Isaiah 22:13

Behold, there is joy and gladness, slaying of oxen and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Isaiah 28:3

The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden underfoot;

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as today, only more so.”

Habakkuk 2:15

“Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink, pouring out your poison until they are drunk, that you may look on their nakedness!”

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine betrays the proud man, who does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite as Sheol, and like death he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations and collects for himself all peoples.

Luke 21:34

“Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts become burdened by excessiveness and drunkenness and anxieties of life, and that Day comes on you unexpectedly.

Romans 13:13

Let us behave properly, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in immorality and wickedness, not in strife and envy.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I previously warned you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was feasting in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.