Sirach 31:26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ Fire proveth hard iron; so wine drunken in drunkenness shall reprove the hearts of proud men.

²⁷ Even life to men is wine drunken in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life which is made less by wine? What defraudeth life? death. Wine was made in gladness, not in drunkenness, at the beginning. [Even life to men wine in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life that is less(en)ed with wine? What beguileth the life? death. Wine in mirth is formed, not in drunkenhood, from the beginning.]

²⁸ Wine drunken measurably is full out joying of soul and of body. Sober drink is (the) health of (the) soul and of (the) body.