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Proverbs 20:1

20 Wine ais a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler,

And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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Proverbs 20:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;

whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:

And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls.

Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

Wine and beer make people loud and uncontrolled;

it is not wise to get drunk on them.

Proverbs 20:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;

And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Wine ⸤makes people⸥ mock, 

liquor ⸤makes them⸥ noisy, 

and everyone under their influence is unwise. 

Proverbs 20:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,

and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

and any who go astray by it are not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Wine causes you to make fun of others, and beer causes you to start fights.

Anyone who is led down the wrong path by them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.


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