1 Esdras 3:10

10 The first wrote, "Wine is strongest."

1 Esdras 3:10 In-Context

8 Then each wrote his own statement, and they sealed them and put them under the pillow of King Darius,

9 and said, "When the king wakes, they will give him the writing; and to the one whose statement the king and the three nobles of Persia judge to be wisest the victory shall be given according to what is written."

10 The first wrote, "Wine is strongest."

11 The second wrote, "The king is strongest."

12 The third wrote, "Women are strongest, but above all things truth is victor."