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 its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

Come, let us get our father drunk. Then we can sleep with him and have children by him.

They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons.

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.

so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.' And he eats and drinks with drunkards,

If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess,

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

For in eating every one goes ahead with out waiting for everybody else. One is hungry and another is drunk.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night.

Excess

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).

But

My lips will praise you because your love (mercy) (loving kindness) (steadfast love) is better than life.

Draw me away. (Daughters of Jerusalem) We will run after you. (The Shulamite) The king brought me into his chambers. (Daughters of Jerusalem) We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine! (The Shulamite) They are right to love you.

The roof of your mouth is like the best wine for my beloved.' (The Shulamite) The wine goes down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Jehovah of Hosts will defend them! They will devour and trample on the sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous with the wine. They will be filled like the sacrificial basins by the corners of the altar.

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

Others mockingly said: These men are full of new wine.

For he was a good man full of Holy Spirit and of faith. Then many people were added to the Lord.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

General references

Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

They no longer drink wine with a song. The beverage is bitter to its drinkers.

Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your many infirmities.