Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
New American Standard Bible
Or with
King James Version
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Holman Bible
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
International Standard Version
Don't associate with heavy drinkers or dine with gluttons,
American Standard Version
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Amplified
Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,
Bible in Basic English
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
Darby Translation
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not be with those drinking wine to excess, and with squanderers of flesh to them:
King James 2000
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of {their meat}.
Modern King James verseion
Do not be among those who drink much wine, among gluttons for flesh for themselves,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh;
NET Bible
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
New Heart English Bible
Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
The Emphasized Bible
Do not be among them who tipple with wine, - among them who are gluttons;
Webster
Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
World English Bible
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Themes
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Company » Who not to have company with
Drunkenness » Avoid those given to
Poverty » Who will end up in poverty
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, 20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, 21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 5:22
Woe to the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
Romans 13:13
as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;
Ephesians 5:18
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
Proverbs 28:7
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!
Matthew 24:49
and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
Luke 21:34
'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a scorner -- strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
Proverbs 23:29-35
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 31:6-7
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
Isaiah 22:13
And 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;
Luke 16:19
And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
1 Peter 4:3-4
for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,