Proverbs 23:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

KJV

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:of flesh: Heb. of their flesh

WEB

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

ASV

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

LSV

Do not become drunk with wine, || Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

YLT

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

DBY

Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

DRC

Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

GNV

Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

JPS

Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

LXXE

Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:

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WLC

אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἴσθι οἰνοπότης, μηδὲ ἐκτείνου συμβολαῖς, κρεῶν τε ἀγορασμοῖς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
• Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
• Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
• Matthew 24:49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
• Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
• Proverbs 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
• 1 Peter 4:3–4For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. Because of this, they consider it strange…
• Isaiah 22:13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
• Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
• Proverbs 23:29–35Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when…
• Proverbs 31:6–7Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
• Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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