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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:49 Or bondservants

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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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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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 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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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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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

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

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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.
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 (F)bites like a serpent
    and stings like an adder.
33 Your eyes will see strange things,
    and your heart utter (G)perverse things.
34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
    like one who lies on the top of a mast.[a]
35 “They (H)struck me,” you will say,[b] “but I was not hurt;
    they beat me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake?
    I (I)must have another drink.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:34 Or of the rigging
  2. Proverbs 23:35 Hebrew lacks you will say

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

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