201 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
201 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
201 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
201 Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome - a staggering drunk is not much fun.
201 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
201 Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
9 lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
9 If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God."
9 Lest I be full and deny You, And say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.
9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, "Who is the Lord ?" And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.
(Read Proverbs 30:7-14)
In every age there are monsters of ingratitude who ill-treat their parents. Many persuade themselves they are holy persons, whose hearts are full of sin, and who practise secret wickedness. There are others whose lofty pride is manifest. There have also been cruel monsters in every age.
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
5 Lest, hung over, they don't know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt.
5 Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
5 For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.
(Read Proverbs 31:1-9)
When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often call to mind the good teaching they received when children. The many awful instances of promising characters who have been ruined by vile women, and love of wine, should warn every one to avoid these evils. Wine is to be used for want or medicine. Every creature of God is good, and wine, though abused, has its use. By the same rule, due praise and consolation should be used as cordials to the dejected and tempted, not administered to the confident and self-sufficient. All in authority should be more carefully temperate even than other men; and should be protectors of those who are unable or afraid to plead their own cause. Our blessed Lord did not decline the bitterest dregs of the cup of sorrow put into his hands; but he puts the cup of consolation into the hands of his people, and causes those to rejoice who are in the deepest distress.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 20:1
Commentary on Proverbs 20:1
(Read Proverbs 20:1)
It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or excitement produced by strong liquors.