THEOSISProverbs 20:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
לֵ֣ץ הַ֭יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְכָל־שֹׁ֥גֶה בּ֝֗וֹ לֹ֣א יֶחְכָּֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 4:11Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding.
- Eph 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,
- Isa 28:7But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
- Prov 31:4Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
- 1 Cor 6:10Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of God.
- Gal 5:21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
- Hab 2:15Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, and presenteth his gall, and maketh him drunk, that he may behold his nakedness.
- Hab 2:16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory.