Proverbs 23:20

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Proverbs 23:20

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards,

And after not many days, the younger son gathered everything [and] went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth [by] living wastefully.

"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.

"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,