15 After I had drunk wine I reverenced not the commandment of God, and I took a woman of Canaan to wife. (T12) 16 For much discretion needeth the man who drinketh wine, my children; and herein is discretion in drinking wine, a man may drink so long as he preserveth modesty. (T12) 17 But if he go beyond this limit the spirit of deceit attacketh his mind, and it maketh the drunkard to talk filthily, and to transgress and not to be ashamed, but even to glory in his shame, and to account himself honourable. (T12)
Testament of Judah 3:15–17
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1 Esdras 3:17–19
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Testament of Judah 3:9–11
9 And the Lord rewarded me according to the imagination of my heart, inasmuch as I had no joy in her children. (T12) 10 And now, my children, I say unto you, be not drunk with wine; for wine turneth the mind away from, the truth, and inspires the passion of lust, and lea… (T12)
Testament of Judah 3:23–25
23 And from the king they take away his glory, and from the valiant man his might, and from the beggar even that little which is the stay of his poverty. (T12) 24 Observe, therefore, my children, the right limit in wine; for there are in it four evil spirits--of lust, of… (T12) 25 … (T12)
Testament of Issachar 2:6–8
6 Except my wife I have not known any woman. I never committed fornication by the uplifting of my eyes. (T12) 7 I drank not wine, to be led astray thereby; (T12) 8 I coveted not any desirable thing that was my neighbour's. (T12)
Sirach 31:28–30
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Testament of Judah 2:17–19
17 And I knew that the race of the Canaanites was wicked, but the impulse of youth blinded my mind. (T12) 18 And when I saw her pouring out wine, owing to the intoxication of wine I was deceived, and took her although my father had not counselled it. (T12) 19 And while I was away s… (T12)
Odes of Solomon 11:7–9
7 And I drank and was inebriated with the living water that doth not die; (ODE) 8 And my inebriation was not one without knowledge, but I forsook vanity and turned to the Most High my God, (ODE) 9 And I was enriched by His bounty, and I forsook the folly which is diffused over t… (ODE)
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