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CHAPTER XX
_Against wine and strong drink. We should avoid contentions._
_The sluggard. The righteous man. Weights and measures._
_Tale-bearers. The wicked son. The wise king. The glory of_
_young...
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“Wine” and “strong drink” are personified as themselves doing
what they make men do. The latter (see Leviticus 10:9 note) is here,
probably, the “palm-wine” of Syria....
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27.
IS. Figure of speech _Metaphor._ App-6.
MOCKER. scoffer.
STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar._ App-27. IV
RAGING. a brawler.
IS DECEIVED. erreth. Hebrew. _shagah =_ to...
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_a mocker_ Rather A SCORNER, Proverbs 1:22, note.
_raging_ Rather, A BRAWLER, R.V. In each case the thing is personified
in its victim. The drunkard in his cups becomes impious towards God
and quarre...
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STRONG DRINK IS RAGING— The first precept in this chapter is against
drunkenness, as an enemy to wisdom even in common things, much more in
those of everlasting concernment; for that commonly expels o...
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CHAPTER 20
TEXT Proverbs 20:1-10
1.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise,
2.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that provoketh him...
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
WINE IS A MOCKER. Wine makes those who drink it mockers of God and of
men.
STRONG DRINK (HEBREW, sheekaar...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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A drunk might say that alcohol is like a friend to him. Solomon does
not agree. A friend would not insult you. But wine and beer do this.
Alcohol insults your mind and confuses your thoughts. It can h...
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XX.
(1) WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING — _i.e.,_ producing
these effects in those who subject themselves to their power....
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לֵ֣ץ הַ֭ יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְ כָל
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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SOBRIETY; INDUSTRY; HONESTY
Proverbs 20:1-15
Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains
an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is
entrenched, it mocks at...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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(a) Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is
deceived by it is not wise.
(a) By wine here is meant him that is given to wine, and so by strong
drink....
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_A luxurious thing. Hebrew, "a scoffer." Chaldean, "renders one a
scoffer." --- Drunkenness. Hebrew ssocor, any strong drink,
particularly palm-wine. Intemperance places the strongest obstacles in
the...
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It i...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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WINE [IS] A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK [IS] RAGING,.... Wine deceives a man;
it not only overcomes him before he is aware, but it promises him a
pleasure which it does not give; but, on the contrary, excess...
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Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Ver. 1. _Wine is a mocker, &c._] For, first, it mocks _a_ the
drunkard, and makes a fool of him, promising...
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_Wine is a mocker_ Wine immoderately drank makes men mockers or
scoffers at God and men: see Hosea 7:5. Or, is a mocker to the sinner
himself, makes a mock of him, deprives him of his understanding, a...
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V. 1. WINE IS A MOCKER, excessive indulgence in it produces scorn and
blasphemy in the drinker, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING, it robs a man of
clear thinking and proper self-possession; AND WHOSOEVER IS DEC...
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PROVERBS CHAPTER 20 WINE IS A MOCKER; wine immoderately drunk makes
men mockers or scoffers at God and men. Compare HOSEA 7:5. STRONG
DRINK IS RAGING; makes men full of rage and passion. IS NOT WISE;...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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_Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise._
THE EVIL EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS
I. It deadens every moral sensibility. And what is the evidence of the
drunk...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:1. STRONG DRINK. The Hebrew word _Shekhar_ includes every
strong drink besides wine. Delitzsch translates it _mead_.
PROVERBS 20:2. THE FEAR OF A KING, _i.e_., the dread...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 11:13;...
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A mocker — Wine immoderately drunk makes men mockers. Raging —
Makes men full of rage....