Verse 23

Be no longer{G3371} a drinker{G5202} of water,{G5202} but{G235} use{G5530} a little{G3641} wine{G3631} for{G1223} thy{G4675} stomach's{G4751} sake{G1223} and{G2532} thine{G4675} often{G4437} infirmities.{G769}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine{H3196} that maketh glad{H8055} the heart{H3824} of man,{H582} [And] oil{H8081} to make his face{H6440} to shine,{H6670} And bread{H3899} that strengtheneth{H5582} man's{H582} heart.{H3824}
  • 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons{G1249} in like{G5615} manner [must be] grave,{G4586} not{G3361} double-tongued,{G1351} not{G3361} given to{G4337} much{G4183} wine,{G3631} not{G3361} greedy of filthy lucre;{G146}
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For{G1063} the bishop{G1985} must{G1163} be{G1511} blameless,{G410} as{G5613} God's{G2316} steward;{G3623} not{G3361} self-willed,{G829} not{G3361} soon angry,{G3711} no{G3361} brawler,{G3943} no{G3361} striker,{G4131} not{G3361} greedy of filthy lucre;{G146}
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 that{G3361} aged women{G4247} likewise{G5615} be reverent{G2412} in{G1722} demeanor,{G2688} not{G3361} slanderers{G1228} nor{G3361} enslaved{G1402} to much{G4183} wine,{G3631} teachers of that which is good;{G2567}
  • Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings,{H4428} O Lemuel,{H3927} it is not for kings{H4428} to drink{H8354} wine;{H3196} Nor for{H335} princes{H7336} [to say], Where is strong drink?{H7941} 5 Lest they drink,{H8354} and forget{H7911} the law,{H2710} And pervert{H8138} the justice{H1779} [due] to any that is afflicted.{H1121} 6 Give{H5414} strong drink{H7941} unto him that is ready to perish,{H6} And wine{H3196} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul:{H5315} 7 Let him drink,{H8354} and forget{H7911} his poverty,{H7389} And remember{H2142} his misery{H5999} no more.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And{G2532} be{G3182} not{G3361} drunken{G3182} with{G1722} wine,{G3631} wherein{G3739} is{G2076} riot,{G810} but{G235} be filled{G4137} with{G1722} the Spirit;{G4151}
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 no{G3361} brawler,{G269} no{G3361} striker;{G4131} but{G235} gentle,{G1933} not contentious,{G269} no lover{G866} of money;{G146}
  • Ezek 44:21 : 21 Neither shall any of the priests{H3548} drink{H8354} wine,{H3196} when they enter{H935} into the inner{H6442} court.{H2691}
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For{G3754} every{G3956} creature{G2938} of God{G2316} is good,{G2570} and{G2532} nothing{G3762} is to be rejected,{G579} if it be received{G2983} with{G3326} thanksgiving:{G2169}
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Drink{H8354} no wine{H3196} nor strong drink,{H8354} thou, nor thy sons{H1121} with thee, when ye go{H935} into the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} that ye die{H4191} not: it shall be a statute{H2708} for ever{H5769} throughout your generations:{H1755} 10 and that ye may make a distinction{H914} between the holy{H6944} and the common,{H2455} and between the unclean{H2931} and the clean;{H2889} 11 and that ye may teach{H3384} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} all the statutes{H2706} which Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} unto them by{H3027} Moses.{H4872}