Proverbs 23:29-24:2

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^29-30 Whose heart is filled with anguish and sorrow? Who is always fighting and quarreling? Who is the man with bloodshot eyes and many wounds? It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new mixtures. ³¹ Don’t let the sparkle and the smooth taste of strong wine deceive you. ³² For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like an adder. ³³ You will see hallucinations and have delirium tremens, and you will say foolish, silly things that would embarrass you no end when sober. ³⁴ You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast. ³⁵ And afterwards you will say, “I didn’t even know it when they beat me up. . . . Let’s go and have another drink!”

24 Don’t envy godless men; don’t even enjoy their company. ² For they spend their days plotting violence and cheating.