Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
General references
Bible References
General references
Luke 1:15
for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; and he shall never drink wine, nor any intoxicating liquor; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
1 Timothy 3:8
The deacons also in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not addicting themselves to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Timothy 5:23
confine thyself no longer to water-drinking; but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent indispositions.
Titus 1:7
For a bishop ought to be irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre;