Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler.Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
New Heart English 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 of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis 19:33They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
2 Samuel 11:13When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
1 Kings 20:16They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
Proverbs 23:29Who has woe?Who has sorrow?Who has strife?Who has complaints?Who has needless bruises?Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, Lemuel;it is not for kings to drink wine;nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'