Scripture offers guidance on the consumption of wine, emphasizing moderation and self-control. In 1 Timothy, the apostle Paul advises drinking wine for medicinal purposes, while Proverbs warns against its intoxicating effects. The Bible also encourages believers to avoid excess, as seen in Ephesians, and to enjoy wine in a spirit of gratitude, as noted in Ecclesiastes. Additionally, Romans reminds Christians to consider the impact of their behavior on others, particularly in regards to sensitive issues like drinking wine.
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Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 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.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles 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 your mind will utter perversities. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.