Isaiah 5:11
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11 (A)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [a]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
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- Isaiah 5:11 pursue
Proverbs 23:29-30
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29 (A)Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who (B)has redness of eyes?
30 (C)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of (D)mixed wine.
Romans 13:13
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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
Isaiah 5:22
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22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
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16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!
17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your (B)princes feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness!
Proverbs 20:1
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Wine Is a Mocker
20 Wine (A)is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Isaiah 28:7-8
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7 But they also (A)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(B)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
Galatians 5:21
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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Isaiah 28:1
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Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [a]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
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6 (A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (B)let us watch and be [a]sober. 7 For (C)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk (D)are drunk at night.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
Luke 21:34
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The Importance of Watching(A)
34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
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- Luke 21:34 dissipation
Habakkuk 2:15
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15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
[a]Pressing him to your (A)bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on [b]his nakedness!
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. Attaching or Joining
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. their
Hosea 7:5-6
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5 In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [a]inflamed with (A)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
6 They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[b]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
Proverbs 23:32
New King James Version
32 At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
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