Verse 23

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
• 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
• Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
• Titus 2:3 : 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
• Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• Ezek 44:21 : 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
• 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
• Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.