Proverbs 31:3-5
3Do anot give your strength to women,your ways to those bwho destroy kings.
4 cIt is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings dto drink wine,
or for rulers to take estrong drink,
5lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and fpervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
16 gWoe to you, O land, when your king is a child,and your princes feast in the morning!
17Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for hdrunkenness!
Isaiah 28:6-7
6and ia spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,and jstrength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 kThese also reel with wine
and lstagger with strong drink;
the priest and mthe prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by ▼
▼Or confused by
wine,they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.
Daniel 5:1-4
The Handwriting on the Wall
1 oKing Belshazzar pmade a great feast for a thousand of his qlords and drank wine in front of the thousand.2 rBelshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that sthe vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father ▼
▼Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18
had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3Then they brought in uthe golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4They drank wine and vpraised the wgods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Daniel 5:30
30 xThat very night yBelshazzar the zChaldean king was killed.Hosea 7:5
5On the day of aaour king, the princesbecame sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
Mark 6:18-24
18 abFor John had been saying to Herod, ac“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” 19And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, 20for Herod adfeared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he aeheard him gladly.21But an opportunity came when Herod afon his birthday aggave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” 23And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, ahup to half of my kingdom.” 24And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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