Proverbs 23:20
Do not become drunk with wine, || Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Hear, my son, and be wise, || And make your heart blessed in the way,
21For the drunkard and glutton become poor, || And drowsiness clothes with rags.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
Proverbs 21:17Whoever [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, || Whoever is loving wine and oil makes no wealth.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever is keeping the Law is an intelligent son, || And a friend of gluttons || Causes his father to blush.
Isaiah 5:11Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, || They pursue strong drink! Lingering in twilight, wine inflames them!
Isaiah 22:13And behold, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, || And slaughtering of sheep, || Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, || Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Luke 15:13And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered 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 →