Proverbs 23:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 23

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

Proverbs 23:20 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Luke 21:34
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.
Isaiah 5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

Topics

Abstinence, Total Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Care Carnal Mindedness Children Company Covetousness Dissipation

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-28)

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have, I. An earnest call to young people to attend to the advice of their godly parents, not only to this that is here given, but to all other profitable instructions: “ Here, my son, and be wise, Prov. 23:19. This will be an evidence that thou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

19-21. guide ... way--or direct thy thoughts to a right course of conduct (compare Pr 4:4; 9:6).