He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for {I shall} never {be} in adversity. {never: Heb. unto generation and generation}

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}

Woe unto {them that are} mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

They have stricken me, {shalt thou say, and} I was not sick; they have beaten me, {and} I felt {it} not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. {I felt...: Heb. I knew it not}

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. {after...: or, to speak after the manner of men}

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; {seat: or, habitation}

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, {that} they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, {till} wine inflame them! {inflame: of, pursue}

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble {in} judgment.

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

And shall begin to smite {his} fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

{It is} not for kings, O Lemuel, {it is} not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. {after...: or, to speak after the manner of men}

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

They have stricken me, {shalt thou say, and} I was not sick; they have beaten me, {and} I felt {it} not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. {I felt...: Heb. I knew it not}

Wine {is} a mocker, strong drink {is} raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Woe unto {them that are} mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; {seat: or, habitation}

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for {I shall} never {be} in adversity. {never: Heb. unto generation and generation}

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

And shall begin to smite {his} fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

{Though} it be given him {to be} in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes {are} upon their ways.