Proverbs 20:1

Foolproof Instructions

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise. ² The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Wine is a Mocker

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Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to lust for strong drink;

Hosea 4:11

Fornication and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Isaiah 28:7

But they also have sinned through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way. The priest and the prophet have sinned through drink; they are swallowed up by wine; they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

2 Samuel 11:13

And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him. And he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Genesis 9:21-23

And he drank of the wine and was drunk. And he was uncovered inside his tent.

Genesis 19:31-36

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.

1 Kings 20:16-21

And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

Proverbs 23:29-35

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink;

Isaiah 56:12

They say, come, Let us take wine, and let us gulp strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king, the rulers have sickened themselves with the heat of wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring out your wineskin, and also making him drunk, that you may look on their nakedness!