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Proverbs 20:1

Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

In Context

2The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:21and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

Genesis 19:33And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

2 Samuel 11:13and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down.

1 Kings 20:16and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking — drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Proverbs 31:4Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

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