Sirach 31:25

25 Don't demonstrate your bravado in wine drinking, because wine has destroyed many.

Sirach 31:25 In-Context

23 People will bless those who are generous with bread; they give reliable testimony to the excellence of such people.

24 The city will murmur about those who are stingy with bread, giving accurate witness to the wickedness of such people.

25 Don't demonstrate your bravado in wine drinking, because wine has destroyed many.

26 A furnace tests the hardening of steel when it's dipped, so wine tests the heart when the arrogant quarrel.

27 If taken in moderation, wine makes people's lives better. What's life to those who don't have wine? It was created from the beginning to bring merriment.