Woe to the strong of you that drink wine, and the mighty that mingle strong drink;

For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink; the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred; this is [their] vision.

A curse shall devour this counsel, for this [is their] counsel for the sake of covetousness.

Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:

lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and not be able to judge the poor rightly.

The heart of My people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

You who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;

who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting [pleasures];

"and should begin to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

and he will cut him in two, and will appoint his share with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

the master of that servant will come on a day which he does not expect, and at an hour which he does not know, and he will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

For a bishop must be unimpeachable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts; for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until you die.

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without adversity from generation to generation.

And you shall say, They struck me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

Boast not of tomorrow, for you do not know what the next day shall bring forth.

Then they said, Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid away for many years; relax; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, ['You] fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

If, in the manner of men, I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"