These young men were not supposed to be that kind of boys. The child ends up dead. They both die and leave a grieving family. Alcohol is the common factor. While we know that people are responsible for their own actions, we also know that alcoholic beverages causes people to think things they normally would not, end up in places where they normally would not go, and do things that they would normally never do.
Beverage alcohol is responsible for thousands of broken lives, deaths and untold suffering.
A. Some Old Testament passages. 30 Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. And stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things. B. Several New Testament passages deal with alcohol and drunkenness.