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Proverbs 31:4
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Proverbs 31:4
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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;
Proverbs 31:4
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Proverbs 31:4
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4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—
it is not for kings to drink wine,(A)
not for rulers to crave beer,
Proverbs 20:1
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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.
Proverbs 20:1
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Proverbs 20:1
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Isaiah 5:22
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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,
Isaiah 5:22
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Isaiah 5:22
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Ecclesiastes 10:17
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Ecclesiastes 10:17
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17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your (A)princes feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness!
Ecclesiastes 10:17
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Ecclesiastes 10:17
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17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
and whose princes eat at a proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.(A)
Hosea 4:11-12
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Hosea 4:11-12
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The Idolatry of Israel
11 “Harlotry, wine, and new wine (A)enslave the heart.
12 My people ask counsel from their (B)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (C)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.
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- Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod
Hosea 4:11-12
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Hosea 4:11-12
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Habakkuk 2:5
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Habakkuk 2:5
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Woe to the Wicked
5 “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he (A)enlarges his desire as [a]hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
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- Habakkuk 2:5 Or Sheol
Habakkuk 2:5
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Habakkuk 2:5
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1 Kings 20:16-20
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1 Kings 20:16-20
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16 So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were (A)getting drunk at the command post. 17 The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out of Samaria!” 18 So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them. 20 And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
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1 Kings 20:16-20
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1 Kings 20:16-20
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16 They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.(A) 17 The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first.
Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”
18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them 20 and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen.
Mark 6:21-28
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Mark 6:21-28
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21 (A)Then an opportune day came when Herod (B)on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. 22 And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.” 23 He also swore to her, (C)“Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 (D)And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her. 27 Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, 28 brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
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Mark 6:21-28
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Mark 6:21-28
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21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet(A) for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.(B) 22 When the daughter of[a] Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”(C)
24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
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- Mark 6:22 Some early manuscripts When his daughter
Hosea 7:3-5
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Hosea 7:3-5
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4 “They(C) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
5 In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [a]inflamed with (D)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
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- Hosea 7:5 Lit. with the heat of
Hosea 7:3-5
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Hosea 7:3-5
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3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(A)
4 They are all adulterers,(B)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(C)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(D)
Daniel 5:2-4
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Daniel 5:2-4
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2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels (A)which his [a]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold (B)vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine, (C)and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
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- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor
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Daniel 5:2-4
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2 While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D) 3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(E) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(F)
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- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18
Isaiah 28:7-8
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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 28:7-8
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Isaiah 28:7-8
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7 And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomit(G)
and there is not a spot without filth.
Esther 3:15
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Esther 3:15
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15 The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in [a]Shushan the [b]citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but (A)the city of Shushan was [c]perplexed.
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- Esther 3:15 Or Susa
- Esther 3:15 palace
- Esther 3:15 in confusion
Esther 3:15
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Esther 3:15
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15 The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(A) The king and Haman sat down to drink,(B) but the city of Susa was bewildered.(C)
Leviticus 10:9-10
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Leviticus 10:9-10
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9 (A)“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may (B)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,
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Leviticus 10:9-10
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Leviticus 10:9-10
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9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine(A) or other fermented drink(B) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance(C) for the generations to come, 10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,(D)
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