1 Timothy 5:23
Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
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- Ps 104:15 : 15 Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
- 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons{The word for "deacons" literally means "servants."}, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;
- Titus 1:7 : 7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
- Titus 2:3 : 3 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
- Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; It is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted. 6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul: 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
- Eph 5:18 : 18 Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
- Ezek 44:21 : 21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
- 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
- Lev 10:9-9 : 9 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: 10 and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 11 and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."
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4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; It is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
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22 Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
- Prov 23:30-312 verses73%
30 Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly:
- Luke 5:37-393 verses72%
37 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
39 No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"
- Eph 5:17-182 verses72%
17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
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20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
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21 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:
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24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.
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22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, And champions at mixing strong drink;
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21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
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15 "Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
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11 You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shall you drink.
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1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler; Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
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14 Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you.
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5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth.
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30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
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11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; Who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
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5 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
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6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.
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25 Most assuredly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God."
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9 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
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15 Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.
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15 Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
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11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
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18 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
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22 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."
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7 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
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10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
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17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
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29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom."
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13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
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9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
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11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.
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8 It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones.
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10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
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4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
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22 Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
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14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
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16 How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, A man who drinks iniquity like water!
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2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: