31:21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
31:22 My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
31:23 Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
31:24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
31:25 Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
31:26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
31:27 Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
31:28 Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
31:29 But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.
31:30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.