Proverbs 23:20
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- KJV
- Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- WEB
- Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
- ASV
- Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
- DARBY
- Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
- BLB
- Not Be among those getting drunk [on] wine, among those being gluttons of flesh to themelves.
- ÅB
- Vær ikke blant vindrikkere, blant dem som fråtser i kjøtt!
- OTB
- Vær ikke blant dem som drikker for mye vin eller fråtser i kjøtt,
- B1930
- Vær ikke blandt vindrikkere, blandt dem som fråtser i kjøtt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextEphesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Read in contextIsaiah 5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Read in contextRomans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Read in contextMatthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Read in contextIsaiah 22:13
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Read in contextLuke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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