Proverbs 20:1 Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

1: Wine produces mockers; liquor leads to brawls. Whoever is led astray by drink cannot be wise.

And it is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave liquor.

Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.

Now, however, Israel is being led by drunks! The priests and prophets reel and stagger from beer and wine. They make stupid mistakes as they carry out their responsibilities.

thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.

"How terrible it will be for you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so that you can gloat over their nakedness and shame.
But soon it will be your turn! Come, drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the LORD's judgment, and all your glory will be turned to shame.

envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance.

One day the older daughter said to her sister, "There isn't a man anywhere in this entire area for us to marry. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
Come, let's get him drunk with wine, and then we will sleep with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father."
So that night they got him drunk, and the older daughter went in and slept with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, "I slept with our father last night. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him. That way our family line will be preserved."
So that night they got him drunk again, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.

Destruction is certain for those who are heroes when it comes to drinking, who boast about all the liquor they can hold.

"Come," they say. "We will get some wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk. Let this go on and on, and tomorrow will be even better."

One day he became drunk on some wine he had made and lay naked in his tent.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, walked backward into the tent, and covered their father's naked body. As they did this, they looked the other way so they wouldn't see him naked.

"On royal holidays, the princes get drunk. The king makes a fool of himself and drinks with those who are making fun of him.

Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
Don't let the sparkle and smooth taste of wine deceive you.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like a viper.
You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things.

When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal had thrown a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything about her meeting with David until the next morning.
The next morning when he was sober, she told him what had happened. As a result he had a stroke, and he lay on his bed paralyzed.
About ten days later, the LORD struck him and he died.

About noontime, as Ben-hadad and the thirty-two allied kings were still in their tents getting drunk,
the troops of the provincial commanders marched out of the city. As they approached, Ben-hadad's scouts reported to him, "Some troops are coming from Samaria."
"Take them alive," Ben-hadad commanded, "whether they have come for peace or for war."
But by now Ahab's provincial commanders had led the army out to fight.
Each Israelite soldier killed his Aramean opponent, and suddenly the entire Aramean army panicked and fled. The Israelites chased them, but King Ben-hadad and a few others escaped on horses.

Absalom told his men, "Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!"

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