1 Esdras 3:13-24
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13 Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and delivered them unto him, and so he read them:
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14 And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
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15 And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.
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16 And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
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17 And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
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18 And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
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19 It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
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20 It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
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21 And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
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22 And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords:
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23 But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
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24 O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.