Proverbs 23:20
Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
Proverbs 21:17Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son. But whoever feeds gluttons brings shame to his father.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.
Isaiah 22:13But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”
Luke 15:13And after not many days, the younger son, gathering it all together, set out on a long journey to a distant region. And there, he dissipated his substance, living in luxury.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 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. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →