Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
Hosea 4:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away one’s understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart and the mind and the spiritual understanding. American Standard Version (1901) Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. Common English Bible false religious practices. Wine and new wine destroy understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding. |
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire beer.
The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgements.
At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the Lord’s actions, and they do not see the work of his hands.
Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to their God.
Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the Lord.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
‘You and your sons are not to drink wine or beer when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful, and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.