And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles. And he drank wine before the thousand.

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem. And the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.

Then an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to pursue strong drink; remaining until the evening while wine inflames them!

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

Woe to those mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink;

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous!

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the lush valleys of those who are overcome with wine!

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink have gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are swallowed up by wine; they have gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

For all tables are full of vomit and excrement; no place is clean.

Woe to him who causes his friend to drink, joining with your bottle, and also making him drunk, so as to look upon his nakedness.

You are filled with shame instead of glory; you drink also, and are counted as uncircumcised. The cup of the right hand of Jehovah shall turn on you, and disgrace shall be your glory.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled by the Spirit,

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

In this regard, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same overflow of dissipation, blaspheming.

So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the utterance of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Arrest him! And his hand, which he had stretched forth toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, and I am the taunting song of the drunkards.

He who walks with the wise will be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives off bubbles in the cup, when it swirls around smoothly.

Your eyes will see strange things and your heart will speak perversities.

They struck me, but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When I awake, I will ask for more; to do it again.

They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, wood, and stone.

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you. And you, and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, and do not know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand your life, breath, and all your ways is.