Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
In Context
2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Cross References
Genesis 9:21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Genesis 19:33So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
2 Samuel 11:13Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
1 Kings 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,