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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:1 Lit errs

20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue (A)intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!

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11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(B)

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

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Footnotes

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

     11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(C)

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