A true friend is always there to love you, and family provides help when troubles come.
Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.
Who's in trouble? Who's in pain? Who's arguing? Who's complaining? Who's injured for no reason? Who's got bloodshot eyes?
—those who spend a long time drinking wine, those who are always trying some new cocktail.
Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
Lemuel, kings shouldn't be drinking wine, rulers shouldn't be drinking alcohol.
For if they drink, they'll forget what the law says, and pervert the rights of those who are suffering.
Give alcohol to those who are dying, and wine to those who are in terrible distress.
Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.
Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.
Let's behave properly, showing that we're people who are living in the light. We shouldn't spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous.
It's clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,
envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.