Numbers 6:3
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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- 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.
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
- Lev 10:9 : 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,
- 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.”
- Amos 2:12 : 12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘Do not prophesy!’
- 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)
- Prov 31:4-5 : 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.
- Jer 35:6-8 : 6 But 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. 7 Do 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.’ 8 We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.
- 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Stay away from every form of evil.
- Luke 7:33-34 : 33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
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- Num 6:4-63 verses89%
4All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
5“‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
6“‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body.
- Num 6:1-22 verses80%
1The Nazirite Vow Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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,
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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.”
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4Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
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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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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.’”
- Num 6:19-213 verses73%
19And the priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake made without yeast from the basket, and one wafer made without yeast, and put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head;
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.’
21“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
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21No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.
- Jer 35:6-83 verses72%
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.’
8We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.
- Num 6:12-132 verses70%
12He must rededicate to the LORD the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering, but the former days will not be counted because his separation was defiled.
13Fulfilling the Vows“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
- Prov 23:30-312 verses70%
30Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
31Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
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39You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.
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9They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
- Luke 5:37-393 verses69%
37And 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.
38Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
39No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says,‘The old is good enough.’”
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23(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)
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6Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
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8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.
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20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
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12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘Do not prophesy!’
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5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
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18For 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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4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
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14Then he said to her,“How much longer do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”
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15You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.
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22And 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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1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
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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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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.
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24When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.
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25I 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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7and for a drink offering you must offer one-third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
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6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer– all so that you might know that I am the LORD your God!
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11Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
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29I 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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11That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines.
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5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
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7“‘And its drink offering must be one quarter of a hin for each lamb. You must pour out the strong drink as a drink offering to the LORD in the holy place.