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Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a scorner--strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 20:1 in other translations
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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In context
1 Wine is a scorner--strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
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