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2 Samuel 13 28
Now Absalom commanded his young men,“ Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant!”
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Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
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1 Samuel 25 19
Then she said to her male servants,“ Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
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2 Samuel 13 23
Two years later, Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
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Matthew 10:16
“ Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.
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Jeremiah 51:57
I will make her princes and sages drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up. This is the King’s declaration; the LORD of Armies is his name.
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Daniel 5:1-5
King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.So they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them.They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
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Habakkuk 2:15-16
Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink, pouring out your wrath and even making them drunk, in order to look at their nakedness!You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory. You also— drink, and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
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Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.
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Ephesians 5:14
for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
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Nahum 1:10
For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.
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Ephesians 5:18
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
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Psalms 112:5
Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.
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Isaiah 28:3
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
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Hosea 4:11
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away one’s understanding.
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1 Kings 20 16
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.
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Romans 13:13
Let us walk with decency, as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.
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Ecclesiastes 2:2-3
I said about laughter,“ It is madness,” and about pleasure,“ What does this accomplish?”I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body— my mind still guiding me with wisdom— and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
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Luke 21:34
“ Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
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Isaiah 28:7-8
Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgments.Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit; there is no place without a stench.
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1 Thessalonians 5 7-1 Thessalonians 5 8
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled and put on the armor of faith and love, and a helmet of the hope of salvation.
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Esther 1:3-7
He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.He displayed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness for a total of 180 days.At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.White and blue linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.Drinks were served in an array of gold goblets, each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life happy, and money is the answer for everything.
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Luke 14:12
He also said to the one who had invited him,“ When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.
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Proverbs 23:29-35
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?Those who linger over wine; those who go looking for mixed wine.Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say absurd things.You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.“ They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn’t know it! When will I wake up? I’ll look for another drink.”