Catholic Public Domain Version
"It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise. "
— Proverbs 20:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. ”
“Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”
“Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.”
“Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.”
“Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.”
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.
Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.
Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.
Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.