Proverbs 23:20

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Proverbs 23:20

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

But look, there is outright celebration! You say, "Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.