# Sirach 31:30

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
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- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 31](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/31)
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Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.