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Leviticus 10:9

9 »Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

Proverbs 23:20-21

20 Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons. 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.

Isaiah 5:22

22 You are doomed! Heroes of the wine bottle! Brave and fearless when it comes to mixing drinks!

Isaiah 5:11

11 How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.

Luke 7:34

34 »The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say look he is a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

1 Timothy 3:8

8 Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

Galatians 5:19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects, 21 envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

Psalms 104:14-15

14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, 15 And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

Isaiah 25:6-9

6 On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs. 7 On this mountain He will destroy the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken! 9 On that day his people will say: »This is our God! We have waited for Him and now He will save us. This is Jehovah. We have waited for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad because He will save us.«

Isaiah 55:1

1 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Matthew 11:18-19

18 »For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 »The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘A gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Wisdom is justified by its actions.«

Romans 14:21

21 It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and weakened.

1 Timothy 5:23

23 Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your many infirmities.

Proverbs 23:29-35

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who stay long at the wine. They seek mixed wine. 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things and your heart (and mind) will utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea; like one who lies on top of a mast. 35 »They struck me but I did not become sick. They beat me and I did not feel it. When will I awake? I will seek drink yet again.«

Proverbs 20:1

1 Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 That is what some of you were. You have been washed clean and now you are sanctified. The Spirit of our God declares you righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Galatians 5:19-25

19 Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects, 21 envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness (mildness), self-control; against such there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18

18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.

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