Reference

Habakkuk 2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

14

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

16

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

17

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

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Drunkenness Condemned
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Drunkenness Condemned

The verse does not explicitly condemn the act of drinking itself, nor does it directly condemn the state of drunkenness. Instead, the condemnation is focused on the malicious intent of the person who *causes* another to become drunk in order to exploit their vulnerability ("that thou mayest look on their nakedness"). While the *effect* of drunkenness (loss of control, vulnerability) is central to the exploitation, the verse's primary target for "woe" is the exploiter, not the drunkard or the act