Proverbs 20:1

The English Standar Version

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[1]

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:13

And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he 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, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant."

Proverbs 23:20

Be not among drunkards[5] 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 take 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 swallowed by[2] wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

Isaiah 5:22

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

Isaiah 56:12

"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

Hosea 4:11

whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.

Hosea 7:5

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

Leviticus 10:9

"Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Habakkuk 2:5

"Moreover, wine[2] is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest.[3] His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples."

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envy,[4] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18

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