11 Woe to those who (A)rise early in the morning,
    that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
    as wine inflames them!

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29 (A)Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
    Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has (B)wounds without cause?
    Who has (C)redness of eyes?
30 Those who (D)tarry long over wine;
    those who go to try (E)mixed wine.

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22 Woe to those who are (A)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,

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16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
    and your princes feast in the morning!
17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
    and your princes feast at the proper time,
    for strength, and not for (B)drunkenness!

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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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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:1 Or will not become wise

(A)These also reel with wine
    and (B)stagger with strong drink;
the priest and (C)the prophet reel with strong drink,
    they are swallowed by[a] wine,
    they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
    they stumble in giving judgment.
For all tables are full of filthy vomit,
    with no space left.

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  1. Isaiah 28:7 Or confused by

Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem

28 Ah, the proud crown of (A)the drunkards of Ephraim,
    and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
    which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

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So then (A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (B)keep awake and (C)be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, (D)are drunk at night.

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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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Footnotes

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

10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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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!

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On the day of (A)our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;
    he stretched out his hand with mockers.
For with hearts like an oven (B)they approach their intrigue;
    all night their anger smolders;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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32 In the end it (A)bites like a serpent
    and stings like an adder.

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