Judges 13:4

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Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 6:2-3 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites, and tell them,‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, 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.
  • Judg 13:14 : 14 She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
  • Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said,“Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
  • Judg 13:7 : 7 He said to me,‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
  • Lev 11:27 : 27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,
  • Lev 11:47 : 47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 13:5-8
    4 verses
    89%

    5Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

    6The woman went and said to her husband,“A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angel– he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

    7He said to me,‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”

    8Manoah prayed to the LORD,“Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born.”

  • Judg 13:12-16
    5 verses
    87%

    12Manoah said,“Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”

    13The LORD’s angel told Manoah,“Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

    14She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

    15Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

    16The LORD’s angel said to Manoah,“If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the LORD, you should offer it.”(He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the LORD’s angel.)

  • Judg 13:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

    3The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

  • Luke 1:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

    14Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

    15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

  • Num 6:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them,‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

    3he 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.

    4All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

  • 1 Sam 1:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13As for Hannah, she was speaking in her mind. Only her lips were moving; her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was a drunkard.

    14Then he said to her,“How much longer do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”

    15But Hannah replied,“Not so, my lord! I am a woman under a great deal of stress. I haven’t drunk wine or beer. But I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

  • Lev 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    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,

    10as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

  • 1 Sam 1:11
    71%

    11She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”

  • Ruth 3:3
    68%

    3So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed oil, and get dressed up. Then go down to the threshing floor. But don’t let the man know you’re there until he finishes his meal.

  • Amos 2:12
    68%

    12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘Do not prophesy!’

  • Ezek 44:21
    68%

    21No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    67%

    17For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • Deut 12:24-25
    2 verses
    67%

    24You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Jer 35:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6But they answered,“We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us,‘You and your children must never drink wine.

    7Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’

  • Lev 12:4
    67%

    4Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

  • Luke 1:36
    66%

    36“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

  • Num 5:28
    66%

    28But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.

  • 1 Sam 1:22-24
    3 verses
    66%

    22But Hannah did not go up with them, because she had told her husband,“Not until the boy is weaned. Then I will bring him so that he may appear before the LORD. And he will remain there from then on.”

    23Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD fulfill his promise.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

    24Then she took him up with her as soon as she had weaned him, along with three bulls, an ephah of flour, and a container of wine. She came to the LORD’s house at Shiloh, and the boy was with them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    66%

    9For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • Hos 4:11
    66%

    11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

  • Lev 11:34
    66%

    34Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean.

  • Deut 14:3
    66%

    3You must not eat any forbidden thing.

  • Num 6:20
    66%

    20then the priest must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering. After this the Nazirite may drink wine.’

  • Deut 29:6
    65%

    6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer– all so that you might know that I am the LORD your God!

  • Prov 31:4
    65%

    4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

  • Prov 23:20
    65%

    20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

  • Lev 12:2
    65%

    2“Tell the Israelites,‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.

  • Gen 24:37
    65%

    37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

  • Rom 14:21
    65%

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

  • 1 Tim 5:23
    65%

    23(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

  • Jer 16:8
    65%

    8“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.