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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  1. Proverbs 20:1 Lit errs

20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (A)pervert the [a]rights of all the [b]needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction

lest they drink(A) and forget what has been decreed,(B)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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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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  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing

And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.

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21 (A)Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard.

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21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(A)

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11 [a]Infidelity, (A)wine, and new wine take away the [b]understanding.

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  1. Hosea 4:11 Or Prostitution
  2. Hosea 4:11 Lit heart

     11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(C)

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15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will (A)drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [a]while still in his mother’s womb.

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  1. Luke 1:15 Lit still from his

15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,(A) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit(B) even before he is born.(C)

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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, [a]in which there is (B)debauchery, but be (C)filled with the Spirit,

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  1. Ephesians 5:18 Or by which

18 Do not get drunk on wine,(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(B)

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(A)not overindulging in wine, not [a]a bully, but gentle, not contentious, (B)free from the love of money.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:3 Or combative

not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C)

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For the [a](A)overseer must be beyond reproach as (B)God’s steward, not (C)self-willed, not quick-tempered, not (D)overindulging in wine, not [b]a bully, (E)not greedy for money,

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  1. Titus 1:7 Or bishop
  2. Titus 1:7 Or combative

Since an overseer(A) manages God’s household,(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(C)

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