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Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

A needy man, shall he be that loveth merriment, the lover of wine and oil, shall not become rich.

Do not be among them who tipple with wine, - among them who are gluttons;

For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.

Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.

Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.

Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

They smote me - I felt no pain, They struck me down - I noticed it not, - When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink,

Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.

Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and, his wearying toil, let him remember no more.