Thematic Bible: Those given to

Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine! Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfRising Early, Examples OfHedonismRising EarlyAlcohol AbuseStrong DrinkFrom Morning Till EveningLatenessWoe To The WickedAlcoholicsDrunkennessEarly RisingOvercoming Hard TimesStaying Strong During Hard Timesheroesbeeralcoholismdrunkards

Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink! See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them. The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;