Intoxication

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not--a statute age-during to your generations;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

And wine--it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread--the heart of man it supporteth.

Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, — read the full passage →

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

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

`And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.

from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat;

With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

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

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, — read the full passage →

And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal <FI>is<Fi> glad within him, and he <FI>is<Fi> drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — read the full passage →

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;'

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

If one is going <FI>with<Fi> the wind, And <FI>with<Fi> falsehood hath lied: `I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!

Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And <FI>with<Fi> chief perfumes anoint <FI>themselves<Fi> , And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

Thus said Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, `Destroy it not for a blessing <FI>is<Fi> in it,' So I do for My servants' sake, not to destroy the whole.

`Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great--exceeding abundant!'

And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially. — read the full passage →

Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking--drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible; — read the full passage →

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

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, — read the full passage →

Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. — read the full passage →

and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he <FI>is<Fi> in Tirzah drinking--a drunkard in the house of Arza, who <FI>is<Fi> over the house in Tirzah.

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up; — read the full passage →

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;' — read the full passage →

and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

For while princes <FI>are<Fi> perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

`For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee;

By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves <FI>with<Fi> the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

Its latter end--as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, — read the full passage →