Habakkuk 2:15
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15 “What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk!
You force your cup on them
so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.
Jeremiah 51:7
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7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord’s hands,
a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
and it drove them all mad.
Genesis 9:22
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22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
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Revelation 18:3
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3 For all the nations have fallen[a]
because of the wine of her passionate immorality.
The kings of the world
have committed adultery with her.
Because of her desires for extravagant luxury,
the merchants of the world have grown rich.”
Footnotes
- 18:3 Some manuscripts read have drunk.
Revelation 17:6
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6 I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement.
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Revelation 17:2
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2 The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality.”
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Hosea 7:5
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5 On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,
carousing with those who mock them.
Jeremiah 25:15
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The Cup of the Lord’s Anger
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
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2 Samuel 13:26-28
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26 “Well, then,” Absalom said, “if you can’t come, how about sending my brother Amnon with us?”
“Why Amnon?” the king asked. 27 But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king.[a]
28 Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”
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- 13:27 As in Greek and Latin versions (compare also Dead Sea Scrolls); the Hebrew text lacks this sentence.
2 Samuel 11:13
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13 Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.
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Exodus 32:25
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25 Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get completely out of control, much to the amusement of their enemies.[a]
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- 32:25 Or out of control, and they mocked anyone who opposed them. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Genesis 19:32-35
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32 Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
33 So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
34 The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
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