Drinking Alcoholic Beverages

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,

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

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — 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;

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.

“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.

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.

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

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom 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!

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.

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 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.

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

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.

“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.

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

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

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

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

“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!

Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.

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 →

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

“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.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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;

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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 →

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

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!”

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

He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! — read the full passage →

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.”

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.

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. — read the full passage →

In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.

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

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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

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 →

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Then Yahweh said to Aaron, — read the full passage →

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

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

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

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

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

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.’

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” — read the full passage →

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

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →

Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

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.

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 its end they should stand before the king.

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

Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: no one shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.

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.

I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine! — read the full passage →

Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can’t understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. — 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 fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. — 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 →

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!”

Now Hannah spoke 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 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 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?’

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh, — read the full passage →

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s seed.” — read the full passage →