On Life and Conduct

20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)strong drink a brawler,
And whoever [a]is intoxicated by it is not wise.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:1 Lit errs

12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (A)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (B)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

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And these also (A)reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:
(B)The priest and (C)the prophet reel with strong drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (D)strong drink;
They reel while [a]having (E)visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing