Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Bible References
General references
1 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
1 Timothy 4:4
Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
Leviticus 10:9
Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.
Psalm 104:15
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
Ezekiel 44:21
The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Titus 1:7
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
Titus 2:3
That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,