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Ben Sira 31
Ben Sira 31:28
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Ben Sira 31:28
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Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart and cheerfulness of the mind,
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The furnace testeth the edge by dipping; so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
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Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately. What life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad.
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Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart and cheerfulness of the mind,
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but wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind with brawling and quarreling.
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Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend; it diminisheth strength and maketh wounds.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.