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1 Timothy 5:23
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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.
1 Timothy 5:23
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1 Timothy 5:23
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23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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Psalm 104:15
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Psalm 104:15
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Psalm 104:15
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Psalm 104:15
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15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
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1 Timothy 4:4
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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 4:4
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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Proverbs 31:4-7
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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.
Proverbs 31:4-7
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Proverbs 31:4-7
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4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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1 Timothy 3:8
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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.
1 Timothy 3:8
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1 Timothy 3:8
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8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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Titus 2:3
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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 2:3
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Titus 2:3
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3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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Titus 1:7
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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)
Titus 1:7
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Titus 1:7
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7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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1 Timothy 3:3
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3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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Ephesians 5:18
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Ephesians 5:18
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Ephesians 5:18
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Ephesians 5:18
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18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Ezekiel 44:21
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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)
Ezekiel 44:21
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Ezekiel 44:21
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21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
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Leviticus 10:9-11
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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)”
Leviticus 10:9-11
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Leviticus 10:9-11
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9 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:
10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
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