Proverbs 20:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ”

Proverbs 20:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“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.
Proverbs 20:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Proverbs 20:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 thou...
Proverbs 20:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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....
Proverbs 20:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Wine is a mocker - It deceives by its fragrance, intoxicates by its strength, and renders the intoxicated...
Proverbs 20:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 expel...
Proverbs 20:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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,...
Proverbs 20:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XX. (1) Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging — i.e., producing these effects in those who subject themselves to their power.
Proverbs 20:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 glimps...
Proverbs 20:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 moc...
Proverbs 20:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 d...
Proverbs 20:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 20:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, exc...
Proverbs 20:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, pro...
Proverbs 20:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 20:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Here is, 1. The mischief of drunkenness: Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging. It...
Proverbs 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Proverbs 20:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 .,...
Proverbs 20:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 d...
Proverbs 20:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 infl...
Proverbs 20:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Proverbs 20:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:10 ; 1 Kings 20:16-21 ; 1 Samuel 25:36-38 ; 2 Samuel 11:13 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; Galatians 5:21 ; Genesis 19:31-36 ; Genesis 9:21-23 ; Habakkuk 2:15 ; Habakku...
Proverbs 20:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A mocker — Wine immoderately drunk makes men mockers. Raging — Makes men full of rage.

Proverbs 20:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 20:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes