Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; 1 whoever is led astray by drink is not wise. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 9:21He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
Genesis 19:33So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
2 Samuel 11:13When David called him, he ate and drank before him, and David made him drunk. At evening Uriah went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his master; he did not go down to his house.
1 Kings 20:16They went out at noon. Ben Hadad had been drinking himself drunk in his tent, he and the thirty-two lesser kings who were supporting him.
Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? 1 Who has complaining? Who has wounds for no reason? 1 Who has bloodshot eyes? 1
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, 1 or for rulers to crave strong drink, 1