Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Bible References
Bottles
Joshua 9:4
they too acted craftily and cunningly, and set out and took along provisions, but took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins (leather bottles) that were worn out and split open and patched together,
Job 32:19
“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
Psalm 119:80
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.
Matthew 9:17 Nor is new wine put into old wineskins [that have lost their elasticity]; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the [fermenting] wine spills and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, so both are preserved.”
Luke 5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new [fermenting] wine will [expand and] burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.