Scripture nowhere says strong drink is for those about to die.

Tell ya what, George, it is not me who is denying the clear Word concerning alcohol... you have no excuse, the Word has been given.

Look thou not means exactly that. And it does not say drink a glass or two and then stop... contrary to what many think.

Perish in Proverbs 31 merely means to wander away. The Hebrew nowhere says to be destroyed. Webster's adds to be destroyed because word definitions have changed over the last 2000 years.