Drink

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: — read the full passage →

Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing:

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall 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 to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — read the full passage →

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? — read the full passage →

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

“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 anything.

They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

Onan knew that the seed wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. — read the full passage →

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? — read the full passage →

“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’ — read the full passage →

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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

Thus says Yahweh, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

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 fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’ — read the full passage →

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years. — read the full passage →

They shall tell 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.”

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters. — read the full passage →

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: — read the full passage →

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — read the full passage →

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ — read the full passage →

I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. — read the full passage →

I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.

and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; — read the full passage →

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!” — read the full passage →

When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.

You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. — read the full passage →

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ — read the full passage →

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”

Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. — read the full passage →

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

When Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” They prepared to attack the city. — read the full passage →

David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! — read the full passage →