24
The city complains of the one who is stingy with food, and their testimony to his stinginess is accurate.
25
Do not try to prove your strength by wine-drinking, for wine has destroyed many.
26
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel.
27
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
28
Wine drunk at the proper time and in moderation is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Heb: Gk [tests the hardening of steel by dipping]
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