On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.

Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

Made

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of beer,
who linger into the evening,
inflamed by wine.

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.

Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
pouring out your wrath
and even making them drunk,
in order to look at their nakedness!

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

He stretched

When the king heard the word that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.

With scorners

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

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

General references

Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

It is not for kings, Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine
or for rulers to desire beer.