Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes (to say), Where is strong drink?
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice (due) to any that is afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.