Alcoholic Beverages

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

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:

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

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 →

Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

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 →

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth, — 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.

Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. — read the full passage →

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 →

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More thanthey havewhen their grain and their new wine are increased.

and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. — read the full passage →

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness. — read the full passage →

and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

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.

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

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.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. — read the full passage →

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king.

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father’s commandment. But I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. — read the full passage →

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Andoil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. — read the full passage →

but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah, — read the full passage →

And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. — read the full passage →

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: — read the full passage →