Proverbs 20:1
World English Bible
20 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.
Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1
English Standard Version
20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)strong drink a brawler,
and whoever (C)is led astray by it is not wise.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:1 Or will not become wise
Proverbs 21:17
World English Bible
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man.
He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
Proverbs 21:17
English Standard Version
17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 23:20-21
World English Bible
20 Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:20-21
English Standard Version
20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and (C)slumber will clothe them with rags.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine
Proverbs 23:29-35
World English Bible
29 Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Don’t look at the 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.
33 Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 “They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I can find another.”
Proverbs 23:29-35
English Standard Version
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.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:34 Or of the rigging
- Proverbs 23:35 Hebrew lacks you will say
Proverbs 31:4-7
World English Bible
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine,
nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
5 lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish,
and wine to the bitter in soul.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
Proverbs 31:4-7
English Standard Version
4 (A)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings (B)to drink wine,
or for rulers to take (C)strong drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and (D)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to the one who (E)is perishing,
and wine to (F)those in bitter distress;[a]
7 (G)let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul
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