1 Timothy 3:8
Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers;
Titus 2:3
that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;
Leviticus 10:9
Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,
Acts 6:3-6
Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:
1 Timothy 3:3
not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.
Psalm 5:9
For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalm 50:19
Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Ezekiel 44:21
Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
Romans 3:13
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips:
1 Timothy 3:12
Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:
Titus 1:7
For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;