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20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever [a]erreth thereby is not wise.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that [b]provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own [c]life.
It is an honor for a man to [d]keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:1 Or, reeleth
  2. Proverbs 20:2 Or, angereth himself against him
  3. Proverbs 20:2 Hebrew soul.
  4. Proverbs 20:3 Or, cease