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Proverbs 23:20

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Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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  1. Ephesians 5:18Rank 1 from verse 20
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    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  2. Luke 21:34Rank 2 from verse 20
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    34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  3. Isaiah 5:22Rank 3 from verse 20
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    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

  4. Romans 13:13Rank 4 from verse 20
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    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

  5. 1 Peter 4:3–4Rank 5 from verse 20
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    3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

    4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  6. Isaiah 22:13Rank 6 from verse 20
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    13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

  7. Isaiah 5:11Rank 7 from verse 20
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    11¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

  8. Luke 15:13Rank 8 from verse 20
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    13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

  9. Matthew 24:49Rank 9 from verse 20
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    49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

  10. Proverbs 28:7Rank 10 from verse 20
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    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

  11. Luke 16:19Rank 11 from verse 20
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    19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

  12. Proverbs 20:1Rank 12 from verse 20
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    1WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  13. Proverbs 23:29–35Rank 13 from verse 20
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    29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

    30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

    31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

    32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

    34Yea, 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.

    35They 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.

  14. Proverbs 31:6–7Rank 14 from verse 20
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    6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

    7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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Proverbs 23:20

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riotous

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Wastefully extravagant, disorderly, unrestrained, or given to excess.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

23:20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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