Much Wine

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

• Children
• Wisdom

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. read more The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. show less

• Noah
• Drunkenness
• Noah

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

• Abomination

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

• Scoffing
• Wine

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: