Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Read in contextHosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:7
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall 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; nor for princes strong drink:
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:15–16
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Read in context2 Samuel 11:13
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
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