Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
General references
Bible References
General references
1 Timothy 3:3
not given to wine, not a controvertist; but gentle, peaceable, not a money lover;
1 Timothy 4:4
Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving:
Ephesians 5:18
Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;
Titus 1:7
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
Titus 2:3
likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;