Proverbs 23:20
Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
In Context
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:20and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son — this one — is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice — a glutton and drunkard;
Proverbs 21:17Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
Proverbs 28:7Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Isaiah 5:11Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!
Isaiah 22:13And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
Luke 15:13'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
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 →