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Sirach 31:28-31 World English Bible (WEB)

28. Wine drunk in season and to satisfy Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:

29. Wine drunk largely is bitterness of soul, With provocation and conflict.

30. Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt; It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.

31. Rebuke not your neighbor at a banquet of wine, Neither set him at nothing in his mirth: Speak not to him a word of reproach, And press not upon him by asking back a debt.

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