Moderation

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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

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

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, — read the full passage →

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — 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!

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

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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 →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: — read the full passage →

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord: — read the full passage →

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. — read the full passage →

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. — read the full passage →

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; — read the full passage →

And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.