1 Esdras 3:22
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When drinking, people forget to be civil even with their friends and relatives, and after a while they draw their swords.
When people drink they forget to be friendly with friends and kindred, and before long they draw their swords.
And when they recover from the wine, they do not remember what they have done.
When men drink they forget to be friendly with friends and brothers, and before long they draw their swords.
and when they have drunken, they remember not friendship nor brotherhood, and not long after they take (out) swords;
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