Habakkuk 2:5
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5 “Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
Proverbs 27:20
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Isaiah 5:11-12
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11 Woe to those who (A)rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 (B)They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(C)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
Proverbs 20:1
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20 (A)Wine is a mocker, (B)strong drink a brawler,
and whoever (C)is led astray by it is not wise.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:1 Or will not become wise
Daniel 5:1-4
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The Handwriting on the Wall
5 (A)King Belshazzar (B)made a great feast for a thousand of his (C)lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
2 (D)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (E)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought in (F)the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and (G)praised the (H)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
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- Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
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Proverbs 31:4-5
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4 (A)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings (B)to drink wine,
or for rulers to take (C)strong drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and (D)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Proverbs 23:29-33
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29 (A)Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has (B)wounds without cause?
Who has (C)redness of eyes?
30 Those who (D)tarry long over wine;
those who go to try (E)mixed wine.
31 Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
32 In the end it (F)bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
33 Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter (G)perverse things.
Psalm 138:6
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6 (A)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.
2 Kings 14:10
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10 You have indeed (A)struck down Edom, (B)and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
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James 4:6
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6 But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.”
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
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11 and to aspire (A)to live quietly, and (B)to mind your own affairs, and (C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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Habakkuk 2:8-10
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8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(B)for the blood of man and (C)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 (D)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(E)to (F)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(G)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
Habakkuk 2:4
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4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
Nahum 1:9-10
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9 What (A)do you plot against the Lord?
(B)He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (C)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(D)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
Daniel 5:20-23
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20 But (A)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, (B)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 (C)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (D)until he knew that the (E)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son,[a] (F)Belshazzar, (G)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against (H)the Lord of heaven. And (I)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (J)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (K)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (L)whose are all your ways, (M)you have not honored.
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- Daniel 5:22 Or successor
Jeremiah 51:39
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39 (A)While they are inflamed (B)I will prepare them a feast
and (C)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
(D)then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:29
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29 (A)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (B)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (C)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (D)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
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Jeremiah 25:17-29
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17 So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, (A)and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 (B)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, (C)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 (D)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and (E)all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of (F)the land of Uz and all the kings of (G)the land of the Philistines ((H)Ashkelon, (I)Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (J)Ashdod); 21 (K)Edom, (L)Moab, and the sons of (M)Ammon; 22 all the kings of (N)Tyre, all the kings of (O)Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across (P)the sea; 23 (Q)Dedan, (R)Tema, (S)Buz, and all who cut (T)the corners of their hair; 24 all the (U)kings of Arabia and all the kings of (V)the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (W)Elam, and all the kings of (X)Media; 26 all the kings of (Y)the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of (Z)Babylon[a] shall drink.
27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (AA)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (AB)the sword that I am sending among you.’
28 “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (AC)You must drink! 29 For behold, (AD)I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, (AE)for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’
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- Jeremiah 25:26 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
Jeremiah 25:9
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9 (A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
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Isaiah 21:5
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5 (A)They prepare the table,
they spread the rugs,[a]
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
(B)oil the shield!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman
Isaiah 16:6
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6 (A)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
(B)of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.
Isaiah 14:16-17
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16 Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this (A)the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
17 who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
(B)who did not let his prisoners go home?’
Isaiah 10:7-13
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7 But he (A)does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
(B)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (C)Is not (D)Calno like (E)Carchemish?
Is not (F)Hamath like (G)Arpad?
(H)Is not (I)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (J)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (K)her idols
(L)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 (M)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (N)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (O)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
Isaiah 5:22-23
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22 Woe to those who are (A)heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 who (B)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
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