1 Timothy 5:23

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Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

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  • Ps 104:15 : 15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.
  • 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things.
  • Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink. 5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. 6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart. 7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
  • Ezek 44:21 : 21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
  • Lev 10:9-9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations. 10 You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean. 11 You must teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given to them through Moses.'

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  • Prov 31:4-7
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    4It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

    5Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

    6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

    7Let them drink and forget their poverty and no longer remember their hardship.

  • 1 Tim 5:22
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    22Do not be hasty in laying on hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

    31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

  • Luke 5:37-39
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    37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill out, and the skins will be ruined.

    38Instead, new wine must be poured into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

    39And no one after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'The old is better.'

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

  • Prov 23:20
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    20Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

  • Isa 51:21
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    21Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

  • 1 Tim 5:24
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    24The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment ahead of them, but the sins of others follow after.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Rom 14:21
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    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Ezek 4:11
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    11You are to drink water by measure, a sixth of a hin, at set times each day.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Num 6:3
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    3they must abstain from wine and any strong drink. They must not drink vinegar made from wine or vinegar made from strong drink. They must not drink any liquid made from grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
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    14Eli said to her, 'How long will you remain drunk? Put away your wine!'

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
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    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

  • Mark 14:25
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    25Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

  • Lev 10:9
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    9'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.

  • Prov 5:15
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    15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • Luke 22:18
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    18For I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.

  • Mark 2:22
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    22'And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.'

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.

  • John 2:10
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    10He said, 'Everyone brings out the choice wine first, and then the cheaper wine after the guests have drunk freely; but you have saved the best till now.'

  • Matt 9:17
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    17Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

  • Matt 26:29
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    29I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine now until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."

  • Heb 12:13
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    13Make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

  • Prov 3:10
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    10Then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • Isa 1:22
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    22Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Jas 5:14
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    14Is anyone among you sick? Let them call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!

  • Titus 2:2
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    2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.