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.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. {honestly: or, decently}

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

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

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.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. {of...: Heb. bitter of soul}

Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

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.

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}

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

For the time past of {our} life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. {honestly: or, decently}