Temperate

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

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

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

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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

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.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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

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

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

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

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?

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

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

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

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

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

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

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — 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.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

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

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

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. — read the full passage →

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

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.

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; — read the full passage →

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. — read the full passage →

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

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

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; — read the full passage →

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.