Proverbs 23:20
Don’t be amongst ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the Torah is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
Isaiah 22:13and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”
Luke 15:13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and travelled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
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 →