1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)Here is, 1. The mischief of drunkenness: Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging . It is so to the sinner himself; it mocks him, makes a fool of him, promises him that satisfaction which it can never give him. It smiles upon him at first, but at the last it bites . In reflection upon it, it rages in his conscience. It is raging in the body, puts the humours into a ferment. When the wine is in the…
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