Consuming Alcohol

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

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

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

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

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

For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — 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 God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:

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

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — 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!

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!

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

And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.

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:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

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

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye 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!

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