TOPICAL PROVERBS

by Grant Hodges

Wisdom for the Children of the King

ALCOHOL

NIV
20:21 - An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
23:20 - Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat;
23:21 - for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
23:30 - Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
23:31 - Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
23:32 - In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
23:33 - Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.
23:34 - You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
23:35 - "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?".
31:4 - "It is not for kings, O Lemuel - not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
31:5 - lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights."
31:6 - Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;
31:7 - let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

NASB
20:21 - An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
23:20 - Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
23:21 - For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
23:30 - Those who linger long over wine, those who go to taste mixed wine.
23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly.
23:32 - At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.
23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things and your mind will utter perverse things.
23:34 - And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
23:35 - "They struck me, but I did not become ill; they beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.".
31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink,
31:5 - For they will drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
31:6 - Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to him whose life is bitter.
31:7 - Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his trouble no more.

KJV
20:21 - An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
23:20 - Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
23:21 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
23:29 - Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
23:30 - They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
23:31 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
23:32 - At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
23:33 - Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
23:34 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
23:35 - They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again..
31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
31:5 - Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
31:6 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
31:7 - Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.


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