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Wine, Strife, Work, Counsel, and Integrity
Intoxication can deceive, fools rush into conflict, and sloth avoids work until need arrives. In contrast, understanding draws out deep counsel, integrity blesses the next generation, and rulers are expected to use judgment to distinguish evil rather than merely wield power.
Proverbs warns that wine is a mocker and intoxication leads people astray; Ephesians commands believers not to be drunk with wine but to be filled with the Spirit.
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