Proverbs 20:1

Foolproof Instructions

¹ Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. ² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Wine is a Mocker

Beer

Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?

Hosea 4:11

Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.

Isaiah 28:7

But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.

2 Samuel 11:13

And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

Genesis 9:21-23

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.

Genesis 19:31-36

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner 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 drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

1 Kings 20:16-21

And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

Proverbs 23:29-35

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

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

Isaiah 56:12

Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!