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Ecclesiasticus 31:38-42 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

38. Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.

39. Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.

40. The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.

41. Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.

42. Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.

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