Proverbs 20:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:13

David invited him to eat and drink in his presence and made him drunk, and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

Proverbs 23:20

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

Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire strong drink,

Isaiah 28:7

These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; they are confused with wine; they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in giving judgment.

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,

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant at mixing drink,

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow will be like today, great beyond measure.”

Hosea 4:11

prostitution. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king the officials became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves and collect all peoples as their own.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18

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