Proverbs 23:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.”
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BSBPD
“Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 23:20 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- Proverbs 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
- Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
- Isaiah 22:13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Matthew 24:49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
- Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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