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Proverbs 20:1 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. "

Proverbs 20:1

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1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

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Sirach 19:2

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"Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless."

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Habakkuk 2:5

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"Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples."

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Isaiah 5:22

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"Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;"

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Isaiah 28:7

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"They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment."

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Sirach 31:25

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"Don’t show yourself valiant in wine, for wine has destroyed many."

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Proverbs 21:11

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"When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge."

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Proverbs 20:2

"The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life."

Proverbs 20:3

"It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling."

Proverbs 20:4

"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing."

Proverbs 20:5

"Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out."

Proverbs 20:6

"Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?"

Proverbs 20:7

"A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him."

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