Proverbs 20:1

Foolproof Instructions

¹ Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise. ² The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

Wine is a Mocker

Beer

Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink,

Hosea 4:11

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

Isaiah 28:7

But as for these, With wine, do they reel, and With strong drink, do they stagger, - Priest and prophet, reel with strong drink They are swallowed up through wine They stagger through strong drink, They reel in prophetic vision, They totter in pronouncing judgment.

2 Samuel 11:13

And David called him, and he did eat before him, and drank, and he made him drunk, - and he went forth in the evening to lie down on his bed, with the servants of his lord, but, unto his own house, went he not down.

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners - shall inherit, God's kingdom.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, drunkenness, revellings; - and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you, - that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God's kingdom.

Ephesians 5:18

And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -

Genesis 9:21-23

and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.

Genesis 19:31-36

And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old, - and, a man, there is not in the earth to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying - Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you - Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear, - have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

1 Kings 20:16-21

And they went forth at noon. Now, Ben-hadad, was drinking himself drunk, in the pavilions, he and the thirty-two kings helping him.

Proverbs 23:29-35

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

Isaiah 5:22

Alas for them Who are heroes to drink wine, - And men of valour to mingle strong drink,

Isaiah 56:12

Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink, - And like this day, shall, to-morrow be - Great beyond measure!

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king, the rulers, have made themselves ill, with the heat of wine, - he hath extended his hand with scoffers.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk, - to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame.