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Proverbs 20:1

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:2

    The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

  2. Proverbs 20:3

    It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.