Isaiah 56:12
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12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (A)drink;
(B)Tomorrow will be (C)as today,
And much more abundant.”
Psalm 10:6
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Luke 12:19-20
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (C)your soul will be required of you; (D)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
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Isaiah 5:22
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22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
Proverbs 27:1
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My Son, Be Wise
27 Do(A) not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 If, in the manner of men, (A)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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Hosea 4:11
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Proverbs 23:35
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35 “They(A) have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall (B)I awake, that I may seek another drink?”
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
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
Luke 12:45-46
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45 (A)But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a (B)day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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Amos 6:3-6
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3 Woe to you who (A)put far off the day of (B)doom,
(C)Who cause (D)the seat of violence to come near;
4 Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
5 (E)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves (F)musical instruments (G)like David;
6 Who (H)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(I)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Jeremiah 18:18
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Jeremiah Persecuted
18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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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.
Isaiah 22:13-14
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13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (A)drinking wine:
(B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 (C)Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there (D)will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
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
Matthew 24:49-51
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49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is (A)not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. (B)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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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 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:5 Lit. sons of affliction
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