Alcoholic Beverages

5 passages

1. Proverbs 20:1

   Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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2. Ephesians 5:18

   Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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3. 1 Timothy 5:23

   Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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4. Romans 13:13

   Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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5. Galatians 5:21

   and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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