Verse 9

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:22 : 22 Wo `to' the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
  • Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Wo `to' those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them! 12 And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
  • Isa 5:20 : 20 Wo `to' those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
  • Ps 69:12 : 12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.
  • Eph 5:18-19 : 18 and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, 19 speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
  • Amos 6:5-7 : 5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; 6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves', And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph. 7 Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many `are' the carcases, into any place throw -- hush!
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning `of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.
  • Zech 9:15 : 15 Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.