Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

'And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.

ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

And it cometh to pass, [in] about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?