Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- KJV
- Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- WEB
- Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- ASV
- Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
- DARBY
- Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
- BLB
- Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and anyone led astray by it is not wise.
- ÅB
- Vinen er en spotter, sterk drikk volder støy, og hver den som raver av den, blir ikke vis.
- OTB
- Vin er en spotter, og sterk drikk en bråkmaker; den som lar seg lede vill av det er ikke vis.
- B1930
- Vinen er en spotter, sterk drikk volder støi, og hver den som raver av den, blir ikke vis.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Read in contextHosea 4:11
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextProverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:15–16
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
Read in context2 Samuel 11:13
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
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