Proverbs 20:1

Foolproof Instructions

¹ Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise. ² The king ought to be feared as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soul.

Wine is a Mocker

Beer

Proverbs 31:4

O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink;

Hosea 4:11

Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.

Isaiah 28:7

But they go wrong by the reason of wine, they fall and stagger because of strong drink. Yea even the priests and prophets themselves go amiss, they are drunken with wine, and weak brained through strong drink. They fail in prophesying, and stumble in judgment.

2 Samuel 11:13

And David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at even he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of the lord, and went not down to his house.

1 Corinthians 6:10

neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21

envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,

Genesis 9:21-23

and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent.

Genesis 19:31-36

Then said the elder unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there are no more men in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the world.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

1 Kings 20:16-21

And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that holp him.

Proverbs 23:29-35

Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?

Isaiah 5:22

Woe be unto them that are cunning men to sup out wine and expert to set up drunkenness.

Isaiah 56:12

"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."

Hosea 7:5

Even so goeth it this day with our kings and princes, for they begin to be wood drunken through wine: they use familiarity with such as deceive them.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, to get him wrathful displeasure for his drunkenness: that he may see his privities.