Isaiah 56:12

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"Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."

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  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He says in his heart, 'I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be without trouble.'
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,
  • Prov 23:35 : 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
  • 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.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 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.
  • Isa 5:11 : 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.
  • Isa 22:13-14 : 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!' 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 All the tables are full of vomit and filth; there is no clean place left.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.'
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.
  • Amos 6:3-6 : 3 You push away the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence. 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall. 5 You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  • Matt 24:49-51 : 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  • 13But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!'

  • Isa 5:11-12
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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.

    12They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.

  • Hab 2:5-6
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    5Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

    6Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?"

  • 11Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.

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

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

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

  • Jer 13:12-13
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    12Say this to them: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Every jar will be filled with wine.' And if they say to you, 'Do we not know that every jar will be filled with wine?'

    13Then you shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem with drunkenness.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    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.

  • 9Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

  • 16Just as you drank on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.

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

  • 19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'

  • 39While they are heated up, I will prepare their feast and make them drunk, so they will revel and then sleep a perpetual sleep, never to wake up, declares the Lord.

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

  • 13Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.'

  • Amos 6:3-4
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    3You push away the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence.

    4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall.

  • 1Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

  • 11In the streets, there is an outcry over the wine; all joy turns dark, and the gladness of the earth departs.

  • 12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion, and they will be radiant because of the LORD's bounty—grain, new wine, olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer languish in sorrow.

  • 7But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • 18'Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with loving caresses.'

  • 11If someone full of wind and deceit lies and says, 'I will preach to you about wine and strong drink,' that would be just the preacher for this people!

  • 30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.

  • Amos 6:6-7
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    6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

    7Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

  • 11They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty.

  • 10Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

  • 5On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers.

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

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

  • 1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!'

  • 9All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.

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

  • 21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • 13Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

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

  • 5You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

  • 17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • 6On this mountain, the LORD of hosts will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines.

  • 14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

  • 13We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • 7The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • 1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome by wine.

  • 5What will you do on the day of your appointed festival, on the day of the LORD’s feast?