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20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and any who go astray by it are not wise.
Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
    he who provokes him forfeits his life.[a]
It is honorable for the man to refrain from strife,
    but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”