Habakkuk 2:5
furthermore, wine betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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Yea also.

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 23:29-33
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? . . .

Proverbs 31:4, 5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, . . .

Isaiah 5:11, 12, 22, 23
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. . . .

Isaiah 21:5
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

Jeremiah 51:39
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Daniel 5:1-4, 23
Many years later King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. . . .

Nahum 1:9, 10
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. . . .

a proud man.

Habakkuk 2:4
Look at the proud one; His soul is not upright--But the righteous will live by his faith--

Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Proverbs 30:13, 14
There is a generation--how haughty are their eyes, and pretentious are their glances-- . . .

Isaiah 2:11, 12, 17
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. . . .

Isaiah 16:6
We have heard of Moab's pride, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 5:20-23
But when his heart was exalted and his spirit hardened in pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. . . .

James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

keepeth.

2 Kings 14:10
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall--you and Judah with you?"

1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

who.

Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room and you dwell alone in the land.

Isaiah 10:7-13
But this is not what he intends; this is not what he plans. His purpose is to destroy and cut off many nations. . . .

as hell.

Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Proverbs 30:15, 16
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough!": . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

gathereth.

Habakkuk 2:8-10
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you for your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land and city and all their dwellers. . . .

Isaiah 14:16, 17
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble, . . .

Jeremiah 25:9, 17-29
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.

King James Bible
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Moreover, wine betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself; he collects all the peoples for himself.

International Standard Version
Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite— like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself."

NET Bible
Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
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