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"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 1
Proverbs 20:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.*