Isaiah 56:12

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

“They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek yet another.”

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and have his soul see good in his labor. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

Woe to those who are mighty men in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

Instead, behold, there is joy and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions; They totter when rendering a verdict.

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares Yahweh.

Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you cause the seat of violence to approach?

Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble fully dried up.

So he rose up and went; and behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.