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 given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
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,
Psalm 104:15
And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?
Ezekiel 44:21
Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
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;
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;