13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (A)drinking wine:
(B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (A)drink;
(B)Tomorrow will be (C)as today,
And much more abundant.”

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32 If, in the manner of men, (A)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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26 (A)And as it (B)was in the (C)days of (D)Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the (E)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and (F)destroyed them all. 28 (G)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on (H)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

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You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [a]luxury; you have [b]fattened your hearts [c]as in a day of slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:5 indulgence
  2. James 5:5 Lit. nourished
  3. James 5:5 NU omits as

Woe to you who (A)put far off the day of (B)doom,
(C)Who cause (D)the seat of violence to come near;
Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
(E)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves (F)musical instruments (G)like David;
Who (H)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(I)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Therefore they shall now go (J)captive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.

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My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me;
(A)The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
(B)Prepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!

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22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

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12 (A)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (B)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.

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But they also (A)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(B)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.

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