20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
    or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine

20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
    or gorge themselves on meat,

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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,

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18 Do not get drunk on wine,(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(B)

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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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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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

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22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(B)

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49 and begins to beat his fellow servants[a] and eats and drinks with (A)drunkards,

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  1. Matthew 24:49 Or bondservants

49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.(A)

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For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (C)debauchery, and (D)they malign you;

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For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B) They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(C)

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in (A)purple and fine linen and (B)who feasted sumptuously every day.

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A)

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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.

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13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth(A) in wild living.

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13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

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13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(C)

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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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11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(B)

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Give strong drink to the one who (A)is perishing,
    and wine to (B)those in bitter distress;[a]
(C)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

Let beer be for those who are perishing,
    wine(A) for those who are in anguish!
Let them drink(B) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
    but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(A)

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