1 Timothy 5:23
(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)
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- Ps 104:15 : 15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.
- 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,
- Titus 1:7 : 7 For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
- Titus 2:3 : 3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
- Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights. 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed; 7 let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
- 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
- Ezek 44:21 : 21 No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.
- 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
- Lev 10:9-9 : 9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, 10 as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, 11 and to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has spoken to them through Moses.”
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4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
7 let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
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22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- Prov 23:30-312 verses73%
30 Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
- Luke 5:37-393 verses72%
37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
38 Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
39 No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says,‘The old is good enough.’”
- Eph 5:17-182 verses72%
17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.
18 And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
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20 Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
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21 So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!
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24 The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.
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22 Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.
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21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
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15 “Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.
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11 And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.
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1 Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
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3 he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.
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14 Then he said to her,“How much longer do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”
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5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
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30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.
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11 Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.
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5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
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6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
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25 I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
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9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,
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15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.
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15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.
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11 Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
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18 For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
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22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
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7 Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
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10 and said to him,“Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”
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17 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”
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29 I tell you, from now on I will not drink 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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13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.
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9 They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
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11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
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8 This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.
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10 then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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4 Do we not have the right to financial support?
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22 Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.
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17 Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
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14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
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16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
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2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.