<p class="poetry">They grope about in darkness<n id="1" /> without light;p> <p class="poetry">he makes them stagger<n id="2" /> like drunkards.p>

<p class="poetry">They swayed<n id="1" /> and staggered like a drunk,p> <p class="poetry">and all their skill proved ineffective.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The splendid crown of Ephraim&#8217;s drunkardsp> <p class="poetry">will be trampled underfoot.p>

<p class="poetry">Like a thorn<n id="1" /> that goes into the hand of a drunkard,p> <p class="poetry">so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wake up, you drunkards,<n id="1" /> and weep!p> <p class="poetry">Wail, all you wine drinkers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because the sweet wine<n id="3" /> has been taken away<n id="4" /> from you.<n id="5" />p>

Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily<n id="1" /> at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily<n id="1" /> in their quarters.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has made them undiscerning;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they lead Egypt astray in all she does,p> <p class="poetry">so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth will stagger around<n id="1" /> like a drunk;p> <p class="poetry">it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Its sin will weigh it down,p> <p class="poetry">and it will fall and never get up again.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The splendid crown of Ephraim&#8217;s drunkards is doomed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the withering flower, its beautiful splendor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">situated<n id="3" /> at the head of a rich valley,p> <p class="poetry">the crown of those overcome with wine.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> says concerning the false prophets:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.p> <p class="poetry">I tremble all over.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am like a drunk person,p> <p class="poetry">like a person who has had too much wine,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the way the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and his holy word are being mistreated.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time<n id="1" /> and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing<n id="2" /> until morning&#8217;s light.