Drinking And Smoking

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;

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

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

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.

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.

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

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — 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:

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

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

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!

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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.

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

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

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

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:

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

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

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.

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 →

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

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 →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

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

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

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

Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. — read the full passage →

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

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. — 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.

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

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 →

And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. — read the full passage →

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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 →

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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

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 ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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 there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

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

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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 →

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

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 →

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 →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

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;

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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 →

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

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 →

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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;

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!

Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah’s right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.