Proverbs 20:1

The Scriptures 1998

Wine is a scoffer, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:13

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 13:28

And Aḇ

Proverbs 23:20

Be not among heavy drinkers of wine Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Proverbs 31:4

Not for sovereigns, O Lemu’ĕ

Isaiah 28:7

And these too have gone astray through wine, and through strong drink wandered about. Priest and prophet have gone astray through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they wander about through strong drink, they go astray in vision, they stumble in right-ruling.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning pursuing strong drink, who stay up late at night – wine inflames them!

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to the mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink,

Isaiah 56:12

“Come, let me bring wine and fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as today, even much greater.”

Hosea 4:11

“Whoring, and wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

Hosea 7:5

“In the day of our sovereign rulers became sick, inflamed with wine. He extended his hand with scoffers.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations,

Habakkuk 2:5

“And also, because wine betrays him, a man is proud, and he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his appetite as the grave, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, and gathers to himself all nations and heaps up for himself all peoples.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.

Galatians 5:21

envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like – of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practise such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,