Proverbs 23:20

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Proverbs 23:20

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Not

Bible References

Not

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.

He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him

whose life is bitter.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Let us

behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles,

having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.