Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 36 of 42
"Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart."
34What taketh away life? death.
35Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.
36Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.
37Sober drinking is health to soul and body.
38Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.
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