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

He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.’

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of beer,
who linger into the evening,
inflamed by wine.

and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,

But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer

who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

envy,

drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

Excess

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

But

My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.

Take me with you—let us hurry.
Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers.

Y We will rejoice and be glad for you;
we will praise your love more than wine.

W It is only right that they adore you.

Your mouth is like fine wine—

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!

The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast
for all the peoples on this mountain

—

a feast of aged wine, choice meat, finely aged wine.

“Come, everyone who is thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!

The Lord of Hosts will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
like those at the corners of the altar.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

But some sneered and said, “They’re full of new wine!”

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

General references

Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.

Let him drink so that he can forget his poverty
and remember his trouble no more.

They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.

Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.