1 Timothy 5:23
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23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine(A) because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
Psalm 104:15
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving,
1 Timothy 3:8
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8 In the same way, deacons[a](A) are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine,(B) and not pursuing dishonest gain.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:8 The word deacons refers here to Christians designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in verse 12; and in Romans 16:1 and Phil. 1:1.
Proverbs 31:4-7
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4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—
it is not for kings to drink wine,(A)
not for rulers to crave beer,
5 lest they drink(B) and forget what has been decreed,(C)
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine(D) for those who are in anguish!
7 Let them drink(E) and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Titus 2:3
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3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(A) or addicted to much wine,(B) but to teach what is good.
Titus 1:7
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7 Since an overseer(A) manages God’s household,(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(C)
1 Timothy 3:3
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Ephesians 5:18
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Ezekiel 44:21
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21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(A)
Leviticus 10:9-11
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9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine(A) or other fermented drink(B) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance(C) for the generations to come, 10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,(D) 11 and so you can teach(E) the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.(F)”
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