Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
KJV
Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas : quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
Vulgate
ἀκόλαστον οἶνος καὶ ὑβριστικὸν μέθη, πᾶς δὲ ἄφρων τοιούτοις συμπλέκεται.
LXX
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
ASV
לֵ֣ץ הַ֭/יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְ/כָל שֹׁ֥גֶה בּ֝֗/וֹ לֹ֣א יֶחְכָּֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ן
n
verb · 33×
שֵׁכָ֖ר
shkr
noun · 23×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1Sam 25:36 — 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 very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or
- 1Sam 25:36 — 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 very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or
- 2Sam 11:13 — And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
- 2Sam 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageou
- Deut 21:20 — And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
- Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
- Eccl 10:16 — Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- Eph 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Eph 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Esth 1:10 — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence o
- Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Gen 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Gen 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Gen 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,
- Hab 2:15 — Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
- Hos 4:11 — Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
- Hos 4:11 — Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
- Hos 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
- Isa 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- Isa 5:22 — Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
- Isa 28:7 — 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 t
- Isa 28:7 — 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 t
- Isa 56:12 — Come ye, 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.
- Lev 10:9 — Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- Prov 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Prov 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Prov 23:30 — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- Prov 31:4 — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
- Prov 31:4 — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: