1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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- Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.
- 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 ¶ Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
- Titus 2:3 : 3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
- Prov 31:4-7 : 4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- Ezek 44:21 : 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
- 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
- Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
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- Prov 31:4-74 verses75%
4[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
- Prov 23:30-312 verses73%
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
- Luke 5:37-393 verses72%
37‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.›
38‹But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.›
39‹No man also having drunk old› [wine] ‹straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.›
- Eph 5:17-182 verses72%
17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
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24Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they follow after.
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22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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21[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
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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!
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11Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
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1¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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3He shall separate [himself] from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
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14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
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30For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!
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5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
- 1 Thess 5:6-72 verses68%
6¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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25‹Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.›
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9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations:
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15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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15And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.
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11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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18‹For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.›
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22‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.›
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7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.
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17‹Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.›
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29‹But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.›
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13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
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9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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4Have we not power to eat and to drink?
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22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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16How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
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2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.