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Proverbs 20:1

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aWine is a bmocker, strong drink is raging:

And whosoever cis deceived thereby is not wise.

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Footnotes

  1. aGen. 9:21. ch. 23:29–32. Eph. 5:18. See ch. 23:20.
  2. bch. 19:25, 28 (Heb.).
  3. cIs. 28:7 (Heb.). So Hos. 4:11.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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.