Holy Scripture
Sirach 34:25
A church father on this verse
“It was not Donatus of Carthage who established that Christians had to be rebaptized, as I thought when I responded to his letter. Nor is it true that he drew the words necessary for his purpose directly from an expression of Ecclesiasticus, where it is written, "If a person is baptized after touching a dead person and…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
25Show not thy valiantness in wine; For wine hath destroyed many.
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23Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; And the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
24But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; And the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
— Sirach 34:25 —
26The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
27Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: What life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad.