Isaiah 5:11
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11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of strong drink,
who linger in the evening
to be inflamed by wine,(A)
Proverbs 23:29-30
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29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?(A)
30 Those who linger late over wine,
those who keep trying mixed wines.(B)
Romans 13:13
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13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(A)
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Isaiah 5:22
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22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
and valiant at mixing drink,(A)
Proverbs 20:1
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20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.(A)
Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
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16 Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child
and your princes feast in the morning!(A)
17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness!(B)
Isaiah 28:7-8
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7 These also reel with wine
and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink;
they are confused with wine;
they stagger with strong drink;
they err in vision;
they stumble in giving judgment.(A)
8 All tables are covered with filthy vomit;
no place is clean.(B)
Galatians 5:21
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21 envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(A)
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add murder
1 Corinthians 6:10
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10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Luke 21:34
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A)
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Hosea 7:5-6
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5 On the day of our king the officials
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.(A)
6 For they are kindled[a] like an oven; their heart burns within them;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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- 7.6 Gk Syr: Heb brought near
Isaiah 28:1
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Judgment on Corrupt Rulers, Priests, and Prophets
28 Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
at the head of the fertile valley,
those overcome with wine!(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
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6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) 7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B)
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Habakkuk 2:15
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15 “Alas for you who make your neighbors drink,
pouring out your wrath until they are drunk,
in order to gaze on their nakedness!”(A)
Proverbs 23:32
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32 At the last it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
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