Proverbs 20:1
Drinking a lot of wine or other strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 9:21When they later produced grapes, he made wine from the grapes. One day, when he drank too much of the wine, he became drunk, and he lay naked in his tent.
Genesis 19:33So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
2 Samuel 11:13The next day, David invited him to a meal. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants.
1 Kings 20:16They started to attack at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters.
Proverbs 23:29I will tell you [RHQ] what kind of people are always miserable and sad. I will tell you [RHQ] which people are always causing arguments/quarrels and who are always complaining. I will tell you [RHQ] who are injured in fights and whose eyes are always red/bloodshot.
Proverbs 31:4Lemuel, kings should not be constantly drinking wine or greatly desire to drink other strong/alcoholic drinks.