Holy Scripture
Sirach 34:26
A church father on this verse
“When it is said to a sinner who desires to receive the benefit of salvation that if he converts and groans he will be saved, one must also understand that if he groans but is not converted, he will not be saved. Indeed, not in vain did the Word of God unite both these elements, that we might know that both are necessa…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
26The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
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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.
25Show not thy valiantness in wine; For wine hath destroyed many.
— Sirach 34:26 —
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.
28Wine measurably drunk and in season Bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind: