and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wi
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in tha
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tre
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up t
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her accordin
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then the
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against ma