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Isaiah 5:22
Isaiah 5:22 is verse 22 of Isaiah chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
King James Version
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
World English Bible
Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
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Isaiah 5:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
Isaiah 28:3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
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.
Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
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!