Proverbs 23:20

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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.	Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:	For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Be not among winebibbers^{H3196 H5433}; among riotous eaters^H2151 of flesh^H1320:

Original Hebrew

אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָמֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּהִ֥י	te.Hi	H1961	HVqj2ms	you be
בְ/סֹֽבְאֵי	ve./soe.'ei-	H5433	HR/Vqrmpc	among/ drunkards of
יָ֑יִן	Ya.yin	H3196	HNcmsa	wine
בְּ/זֹלֲלֵ֖י	be./zo.la.Lei	H2151	HR/Vqrmpc	among/ gluttons of
בָשָׂ֣ר	va.Sar	H1320	HNcmsa	meat
לָֽ/מוֹ	la./mo		HR/Sp3mp	(for)/ themselves

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
H2151 — זָלַל (zâlal, zaw-lal'): a primitive root (compare זוּל); to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal; blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
H3196 — יַיִן (yayin, yah'-yin): from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
H5433 — סָבָא (çâbâʼ, saw-baw'): a primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy; drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

not — Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 28:7, Proverbs 31:6-7, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 22:13, Matthew 24:49, Luke 15:13, Luke 16:19, Luke 21:34, Romans 13:13, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Peter 4:3-4

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL, TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
Torrey’s: DRUNKENNESS
Nave’s: ABSTINENCE, TOTAL, COMPANY, DRUNKENNESS, FRUGALITY, WORLDLINESS, YOUNG MEN

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