31:19. Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. 31:20. Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend. 31:21. And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all, and be not the first to ask for drink. 31:22. How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain. 31:23. Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man: 31:24. Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. 31:25. And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body. 31:26. Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words. 31:27. In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee. 31:28. The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful. 31:29. Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true. 31:30. Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many. 31:31. Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud. 31:32. Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober. 31:33. What is his life, who is diminished with wine? 31:34. What taketh away life? death. 31:35. Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk. 31:36. Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart. 31:37. Sober drinking is health to soul and body. 31:38. Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels, and wrath, and many ruins. 31:39. Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul. 31:40. The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds. 31:41. Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth. 31:42. Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again. Ecclesiasticus Chapter 32 Lessons for superiors and inferiors. Advantages of fearing God, and doing nothing without counsel. 32:1. Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them. 32:2. Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place: 32:3. That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution. 32:4. Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee, 32:5. To speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music. 32:6. Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom. 32:7. A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.