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Proverbs 20:1

Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

In Context

2The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:21And he drynkyng of the wyne, was dronken, and vncouered within his tent.

Genesis 19:33And so they gaue their father wine to drinke that night: and the elder daughter went and lay with her father, and he perceaued it not neither when she laye downe, neyther when she rose vp.

Proverbs 23:29Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause?

Proverbs 31:4O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not [I say] for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke.

This Verse In Other Editions

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