Ecclesiasticus 31:30-38 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

30. Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.

31. Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.

32. Wine taken with sobriety is equal lire to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.

33. What is his life, who is diminished with wine?

34. What taketh away life? death.

35. Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.

36. Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.

37. Sober drinking is health to soul and body.

38. Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.

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