On Life and Conduct

20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)intoxicating drink a brawler,
And whoever [a]is intoxicated by it is not wise.

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  1. Proverbs 20:1 Lit errs

Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (A)pervert the [a]rights of all the [b]needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction

And these also (A)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
(B)The priest and (C)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from (D)intoxicating drink;
They reel while [a]having (E)visions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.

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  1. Isaiah 28:7 Lit seeing

21 (A)Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard.

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11 [a]Infidelity, (A)wine, and new wine take away the [b]understanding.

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  1. Hosea 4:11 Or Prostitution
  2. Hosea 4:11 Lit heart

15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will (A)drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [a]while still in his mother’s womb.

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  1. Luke 1:15 Lit still from his

18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, [a]in which there is (B)debauchery, but be (C)filled with the Spirit,

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  1. Ephesians 5:18 Or by which

(A)not overindulging in wine, not [a]a bully, but gentle, not contentious, (B)free from the love of money.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:3 Or combative

For the [a](A)overseer must be beyond reproach as (B)God’s steward, not (C)self-willed, not quick-tempered, not (D)overindulging in wine, not [b]a bully, (E)not greedy for money,

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  1. Titus 1:7 Or bishop
  2. Titus 1:7 Or combative

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