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Proverbs 20:1

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yWine is a mocker, zstrong drink a brawler,

and whoever ais led astray by it is not wise.1

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or will not become wise

Cross references

  1. y[Gen. 9:21]; See ch. 23:29–32
  2. zch. 31:4
  3. aIsa. 28:7; [Hos. 4:11]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;

whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler;

whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls.

Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

and any who go astray by it are not wise.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:

And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.