Thematic Bible: In excess


Thematic Bible



whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding. Verse ConceptsAlcoholIntoxicationEffect Of WineBeing Without Understanding

In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionSick Individuals

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.




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