21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

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21 When he drank some of its wine,(A) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

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15 (A)“Woe to him (B)who makes his neighbors drink—
    you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
    in order to gaze (C)at their nakedness!
16 You will have your fill (D)of shame instead of glory.
    (E)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(F)The cup in the Lord's right hand
    will come around to you,
    and (G)utter shame will come upon your glory!

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15 “Woe to him who gives drink(A) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16 You will be filled with shame(B) instead of glory.(C)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(D) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(E)
The cup(F) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger

20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever (C)is led astray by it is not wise.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:1 Or will not become wise

20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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31 Do not look at wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup
    and goes down smoothly.
32 In the end it (A)bites like a serpent
    and stings like an adder.

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31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup,
    when it goes down smoothly!
32 In the end it bites like a snake
    and poisons like a viper.

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Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, (A)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

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Teach the older men(A) to be temperate,(B) worthy of respect, self-controlled,(C) and sound in faith,(D) in love and in endurance.

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

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  1. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  2. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

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12 Therefore (A)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

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12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(A) be careful that you don’t fall!

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13 (A)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (B)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (C)not in quarreling and jealousy.

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13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B)

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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

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20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

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32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34 The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

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32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line(A) through our father.”(B)

33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(C)

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”(D) 35 So they got their father to drink wine(E) that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(F)

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.(G)

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Noah and the Flood

These are the generations of Noah. (A)Noah was a righteous man, (B)blameless in his generation. Noah (C)walked with God.

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Noah and the Flood

This is the account(A) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless(B) among the people of his time,(C) and he walked faithfully with God.(D)

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Judas to Betray Jesus

(A)Then (B)Satan entered into (C)Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. He went away and conferred with the chief priests and (D)officers how he might betray him to them.

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Then Satan(A) entered Judas, called Iscariot,(B) one of the Twelve. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard(C) and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

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18 I counsel you (A)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (B)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (C)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (D)so that you may see.

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18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(A) so you can become rich; and white clothes(B) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(C) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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