Proverbs 23:20 “Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.”

Proverbs 23:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Geneva Bible 1599

Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

Darby Translation

Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

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Cross references

“not”

Luke 21:34 Ephesians 5:18 Isaiah 5:22 Romans 13:13 Proverbs 28:7 Isaiah 5:11

Luke 21:34 · BSB

But 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.

Ephesians 5:18 · BSB

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Isaiah 5:22 · BSB

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

Romans 13:13 · BSB

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Proverbs 28:7 · BSB

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Isaiah 5:11 · BSB

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

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