Alcohol & Drinking
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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INTRODUCTION:
The purpose of this page is to collect Scripture references relative to alcohol use. Near as I can tell, drinking alcohol is not a sin. It is the things you do after drinking that can be a sin.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. (KJV)
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (KJV)
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.(KJV)
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (KJV)
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:(KJV)
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.(KJV)
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.(KJV)
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.(KJV)
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (KJV)