“Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 23 contains 35 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.