On Life and Conduct

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:1 Lit errs

20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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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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12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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