25. Show not yourself valiant in wine; For wine has destroyed many.
26. The furnace proves the temper of steel by dipping; So does wine prove hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
27. Wine is as good as life to men, If you drink it in its measure: What life is there to a man that is without wine? And it has been created to make men glad.
28. Wine drunk in season and to satisfy Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:
29. Wine drunk largely is bitterness of soul, With provocation and conflict.
30. Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt; It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.