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And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. — read the full passage →

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

The officers answered, Never man so spake.

and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.