1 Esdras 3:18LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 18 of 24

"and he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:"
1 Esdras 3:18

In context

16And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.

17And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings.

18and he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:

19it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:

20it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:

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