Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
Proverbs 23:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be not among winebibbers; Among riotous eaters of flesh: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat, [Isa. 5:22; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18.] American Standard Version (1901) Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: Common English Bible Don’t hang out with those who get drunk on wine or those who eat too much meat, Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat: |
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
The one who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats, eating of meat, and drinking of wine – ‘Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! ’
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are champions at pouring beer,
and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and travelled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.
‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.
‘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
Let us walk with decency, as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarrelling and jealousy.
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
They will say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.”