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Isaiah 56:12

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"Come, let us take wine, and be filled by inebriation. And as it is today, so shall it be tomorrow and for a long time."

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God has given him a place for repentance, and he abuses it with arrogance, but his eyes are upon his ways.

The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

And you will say: "They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?"

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.

Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.

Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!

And they said: "Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words."

Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, have taken away their heart.

Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, "Bring, and we will drink."

For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.

But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

If, according to man, I fought with the beasts at Ephesus, how would that benefit me, if the dead do not rise again? "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die."

And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,




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