21 Then he drank of the wine (A)and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

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15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
[a]Pressing him to your (A)bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on [b]his nakedness!
16 You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And [c]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. Attaching or Joining
  2. Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. their
  3. Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX reel!; Syr., Vg. fall fast asleep!

Wine Is a Mocker

20 Wine (A)is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it [a]swirls around smoothly;
32 At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.

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  1. Proverbs 23:31 goes around

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  1. Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders

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

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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy.

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  1. Romans 13:13 decently

20 (A)For there is not a just man on earth who does good
And does not sin.

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32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we (A)may preserve the [a]lineage of our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the [b]lineage of our father.” 35 Then 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 were with child by their father.

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  1. Genesis 19:32 Lit. seed
  2. Genesis 19:34 Lit. seed

Noah Pleases God

This is the genealogy of Noah. (A)Noah was a just man, [a]perfect in his generations. Noah (B)walked with God.

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  1. Genesis 6:9 blameless or having integrity

(A)Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the (B)twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.

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18 I counsel you (A)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and (B)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

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