At a drinking party which lasted a week, King Ahasuerus drunkenly subjected his queen to the beastly gaze of inebriated nobles and thus brought on the separation of the royal husband and wife. The children of Job were drinking wine when blown away in a great wind. Through drinking the wicked become violent. They are bad enough at best, but drink leads them to violence. No wise man will take wine or liquor.
Strong drink leads to poverty.
Young men should shun the company of drunkards. Strong drink produces woe, sorrow, contentions, babbling, wounds without cause, redness of eyes. We are urged not to look upon intoxicants. It fills men's minds with adulterous and impure thoughts. It brings on insecurity.