Isaiah 5:22

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“Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,”

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BSBPD

“Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Woe <FI>to<Fi> the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 5:22 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
  2. Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
  3. Proverbs 31:5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
  4. Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
  5. Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
  6. Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
  7. Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
  8. Habakkuk 2:15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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