Thematic Bible: In excess


Thematic Bible



Promiscuity, wine, and new wine
take away one’s understanding.

In the morning when Nabal sobered up, his wife told him about these events. Then he had a seizure and became paralyzed.


Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes? Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.


Don't gaze at wine when it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.


It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers [to desire] beer. Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.








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