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1 Esdras 3:22
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When men drink wine, they forget who their friends and neighbors are, and then they are soon drawing their swords to fight them.
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It makes every thought happy and carefree, and makes one forget every sorrow and responsibility.
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It makes everyone feel rich, ignore the power of kings and officials, and talk as if he owned the whole world.
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When men drink wine, they forget who their friends and neighbors are, and then they are soon drawing their swords to fight them.
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Then, when they sober up, they don't remember what they have done.
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Gentlemen," he concluded, "if wine makes men act in this way, it certainly must be the strongest thing in the world."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.