Being Drunk

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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 →

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

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

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

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

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

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;

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

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

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

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

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!

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

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

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

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

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.

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 →

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:

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

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:

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:

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

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

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

But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.

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

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

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.

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.

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

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.

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

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.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

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: — read the full passage →

All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. — read the full passage →

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

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.

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

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

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! — read the full passage →

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died. — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. — read the full passage →

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. — read the full passage →

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

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 →

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine! — read the full passage →

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; — read the full passage →

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. — read the full passage →

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. — read the full passage →

And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.

Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored: — read the full passage →

They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →