Proverbs 20:1

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

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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...
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, an...
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 chara...
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 r...
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, intoxic...
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 o...
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 mock...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
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.
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...
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 fai...
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...
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 provok...
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...
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 mo...
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, make...
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 drunkenne...
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...
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...
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...
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 mo...
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...
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 th...
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...

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:1