Proverbs 23:20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
KJV
Noli esse in conviviis potatorum, nec in comessationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt :
Vulgate
μὴ ἴσθι οἰνοπότης, μηδὲ ἐκτείνου συμβολαῖς, κρεῶν ἀγορασμοῖς·
LXX
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
ASV
אַל תְּהִ֥י בְ/סֹֽבְאֵי יָ֑יִן בְּ/זֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽ/מוֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
נָזֹֽלּוּ
nzlv
verb · 8×
סובאים
svb'ym
verb · 6×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- 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;
- 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 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
- Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Matt 24:49 — And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- Prov 18:9 — He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- Prov 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- 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 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
- Prov 28:19 — He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
- Prov 31:6 — Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
- Rom 13:13 — Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.