1 Timothy 5:23
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23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent [a]infirmities.
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- 1 Timothy 5:23 illnesses
Psalm 104:15
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15 And (A)wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;
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1 Timothy 3:8
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Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, (A)not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
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Proverbs 31:4-7
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4 (A)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
5 (B)Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all [a]the afflicted.
6 (C)Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
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- Proverbs 31:5 Lit. sons of affliction
Titus 2:3
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3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—
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Titus 1:7
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7 For a [a]bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, (A)not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
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- Titus 1:7 Lit. overseer
1 Timothy 3:3
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3 not [a]given to wine, not violent, [b]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [c]covetous;
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- 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
- 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
- 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
Ephesians 5:18
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18 And (A)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
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Ezekiel 44:21
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21 (A)No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
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Leviticus 10:9-11
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9 (A)“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may (B)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, 11 (C)and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”
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