Ephesians 5:18

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Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Be not

Excess

Matthew 23:25

1 Peter 4:3

But

General references

Bible References

Be not

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lay with him, that we may preserve seed by our father.

And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice. He is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

and should begin to beat the fellow bondmen, and to eat and drink with the drunken,

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind.

nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.

Excess

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.

For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.

But

Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Draw me, we will run after thee. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will make mention of thy love more than of wine. Rightly do they love thee.

and thy mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips and teeth.

And in this mountain LORD of hosts will make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the dregs, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the dregs well refined.

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

LORD of hosts will defend them. And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones. And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

But others, mocking said, They are filled of wine.

Because he was a good man, and full of Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

General references

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

No longer drink water, but use a little wine because of thy stomach and thy frequent weaknesses.