Bible verse
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 20.
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
KJV
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
ASV
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
ERV
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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