20 Wine and beer make people loud and uncontrolled;
    it is not wise to get drunk on them.

¹⁹ Listen, my child, and be wise.
    Keep your mind on what is right.
²⁰ Don’t drink too much wine
    or eat too much food.
²¹ Those who drink and eat too much become poor.
    They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.

²⁹ Who has trouble? Who has pain?
    Who fights? Who complains?
Who has unnecessary bruises?
    Who has bloodshot eyes?
³⁰ It is people who drink too much wine,
    who try out all different kinds of strong drinks.
³¹ Don’t stare at the wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup,
    when it goes down smoothly.
³² Later it bites like a snake
    with poison in its fangs.
³³ Your eyes will see strange sights,
    and your mind will be confused.
³⁴ You will feel dizzy as if you’re in a storm on the ocean,
    as if you’re on top of a ship’s sails.
³⁵ You will think, “They hit me, but I’m not hurt.
    They beat me up, but I don’t remember it.
I wish I could wake up.
    Then I would get another drink.”