Proverbs Chapter 20 verse 1 Holy Bible
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
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Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler; Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word (luts) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its influence. Thus inebriated persons scoff at what is holy, reject reproof, ridicule all that is serious. Septuagint, Ἀκόλαστον οϊνος, "Wine is an undisciplined thing;" Vulgate, Luxuriosa res, vinum. Strong drink is raging; a brawler, Revised Version. Shekar, σίκερα (Luke 1:15), is most frequently employed of any intoxicating drink not made from grapes, e.g. palm wine, mead, etc. The inordinate use of this renders men noisy and boisterous, no longer masters of themselves or restrained by the laws of morality or decency. Septuagint, Υβιστικὸν μέθη, "Drunkenness is insolent." Theognis has some sensible lines on this matter ('Parch.,' 479) - Ος δ α}ν ὑπερβάλλῃ πόσιος μὲτρον οὐκέτιΤῆς αὐτοῦ γλώσσης καρτερὸς οὐδὲ νόουΜυθεῖται δ ἀπάλαμνα τὰ νήφοσι γίγνεται αἰσχράΑἰδεῖται δ ἕρδων οὐδὲν ὅταν μεθύῃΤὸ πρὶν ἐὼν σώφρων τότε νήπιος Whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. No one who reels under the influence of, is overpowered by, wine is wise (Isaiah 28:7). Septuagint, "Every fool is involved in such." Says a Latin adage - "Ense cadunt multi, perimit sed crapula plures." More are drowned in the wine cup than in the ocean, say the Germans (comp. Proverbs 23:29, etc.; Ephesians 5:18).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXX.(1) Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging--i.e., producing these effects in those who subject themselves to their power.
