...path of wisdom requires sobriety, or the moderate use of inebriating liquors ; for " wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise. Contentions, babbling, wounds without cause, redness of eyes, sorrow and wo," are the consequences...

...combined, and vigorous effort, no one's aid may be wanting who has any aid to lend. 47 PROVERBS XX. 1. Strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. WHEN I entered on the subject of the prevailing excess in drinking, I had no expectation of being led...

...not the wine," said Simon, " for I remembered too well the proverb of Solomon — ' Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise ;n — but I thought you would be offended if I offered any discourtesy to a brother Hebrew, and one,...

...the gate spake against me, and I was the song of the drunkards. — Ps. Ixix. 12. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise. — Prov. xx. 1. Be not amongst wine bibbers, amongst riotous eaters of flesh ; for the drunkard and...

...pleasure in the legs of a man.' Upon thy taverns, inns, and alehouses, that of Solomon, 'Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.' Upon thy magazines and wardrobes, this of our Saviour, ' Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth,...

...tendency, if not always the fatal end of the insidious cup. For, says Solomon, " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise." The sentiment is reiterated by Isaiah ; " They are out of the way through strong drink ; they err in...

...passion; ravage: the adjective corresponding. Why do the heathen rage 1 Psalm ii. 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging ; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs. This courtesy was worse than a bastinado to Zelraane ; so that again with ragtful eyes she...

...foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.^ 1 1 yWine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh ; for the drunkard and the glutton shall come...

...to be a sinner ; it ne'er left man i' the mire :" whereas " wine," Solomon assures us, "is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise :" — who hath woe T " who hath sorrow ? they," says the wise king, " that tarry long at the wine."...

...in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings. Prov. 20: 1 , Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging ; and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise. Is. 28: 7, They have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and...