Proverbs 23:20
Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20And shall say to them: This our son is rebellious and stubborn, he slighteth hearing our admonitions, he giveth himself to revelling, and to debauchery and banquetings:
Proverbs 21:17He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
Proverbs 28:7He that keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
Isaiah 22:13And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Luke 15:13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.
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 →