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Proverbs 20
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain
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Proverbs 20 — OverviewProverbs 20 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 20 is a gallery of wisdom on character, honesty, self-control, and God's sovereignty. It warns against wine, laziness, cheating, and gossip — and celebrates integrity, diligence, and righteous living. A…Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 20:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, 1. The mischief of drunkenness: Wine is a mocker; strong drink
is raging. It is so to the sinner himself; it mocks him, makes a fool
of him, promises him that satisfaction which it can never give him. It…Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 20:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWine 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 influence. Thus inebriated persons scoff at what is holy,…Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 20:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWine the mocker
Intemperance was not so common a vice in biblical times as it has become more recently, nor did the light wines of the East exercise so deleterious an effect as the strong drink that is manufactured in…Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 20:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryStrong drink: four delusions
That may be said to mock us which first professes to benefit us, and then proceeds to injure and even to destroy us. This is what is done by strong drink. First it cheers and brightens,…Proverbs 20:1-5Proverbs 20:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryEvils to be avoided
I. SOME SPECIAL EVILS AND DANGERS.
1. Drunkenness. (Proverbs 20:1.) The spirit or demon of wine is spoken of as a personal agent. It leads to frivolity, scoffing, profane and senseless mirth. To be…