Proverbs 23:20
Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Pay attention, my son, and be wise; make sure your mind concentrates on following the right way.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and tell them, “Our son is obstinate and rebellious, He doesn't obey us. He's a worthless drunk!”
Proverbs 21:17If you love pleasure you'll become poor; if you love wine and olive oil you won't ever be rich.
Proverbs 28:7If you keep the law, you're a wise son, but if you keep bad company you shame your father.
Isaiah 5:11Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.
Isaiah 22:13Instead, you go on happily partying! You slaughter cattle and sheep so you can have your feasts, eating meat and drinking wine, saying, “Let's eat and drink, because we're going to die tomorrow!”
Luke 15:13A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.
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 →