Ephesians 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
  • 1 Thess 5:7 : 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
  • Isa 5:11-13 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
  • Gal 5:21-25 : 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who linger long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine. 31 Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls smoothly. 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes shall see strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast. 35 "They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."
  • Gen 9:21 : 21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and he uncovered himself inside his tent.
  • Deut 21:20 : 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.
  • Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. 4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;
  • Acts 2:13-18 : 13 Others mocking said, 'They are full of new wine.' 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words: 15 These are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.
  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of rich food, a feast of wines on the lees, of rich food full of marrow, of refined wines on the lees.
  • Zech 9:15-17 : 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink and make noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. 16 The LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be like the stones of a crown, lifted up like an ensign upon his land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the young women.
  • Matt 23:25 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
  • Ps 69:12 : 12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me, and I was the song of the drunkards.
  • Gen 19:32-35 : 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 33 So they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine tonight also; and go in, lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  • Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.
  • 1 Cor 11:21 : 21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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