The verse belongs to a warning about wine, strong drink, and other intoxicants that corrupt judgment and conduct. Drunkenness clouds the mind and the powers God has given, distorting perception and judgment so that the eyes behold strange things and the heart utters perverse things. The loss of reason under intoxication is so complete that the drunk do not know what they are doing, opening the way to sinful conduct including sexual sin. Even moderate drinking is dangerous because it gradually cultivates appetite, disorders the mind, and weakens reason and moral principles until they no longer restrain the person.
Gratifying a perverted appetite works toward death, for indulgence in spirituous liquors does great evil to man and lessens the days of his life. To continue drinking after being told again and again of its harm is transgression of the laws of God, so the call is to cease that transgression and preserve the body in a condition of health. Complete abstinence from wine and liquor is the only safety from their madness and woe.
The verse belongs to a warning about wine, strong drink, and other intoxicants that corrupt judgment and conduct. Drunkenness clouds the mind and the powers God has given, distorting perception and judgment so that the eyes behold strange things and the heart utters perverse things. The loss of reason under intoxication is so complete that the drunk do not know what they are doing, opening the way to sinful conduct including sexual sin. Even moderate drinking is dangerous because it gradually cultivates appetite, disorders the mind, and weakens reason and moral principles until they no longer restrain the person.
Gratifying a perverted appetite works toward death, for indulgence in spirituous liquors does great evil to man and lessens the days of his life. To continue drinking after being told again and again of its harm is transgression of the laws of God, so the call is to cease that transgression and preserve the body in a condition of health. Complete abstinence from wine and liquor is the only safety from their madness and woe.