Ecclesiastes 10:17

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Jeremiah 30:21

And his honourable one hath been of himself, And his ruler from his midst goeth forth, And I have caused him to draw near, And he hath drawn nigh unto Me, For who is he who hath pledged his heart To draw nigh unto Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 14:26

and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.