Thematic Bible: In excess
Thematic Bible
Wine » In excess » Impairs the health
Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
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And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.
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Wine » In excess » Leads to sorrow and contention
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark? Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
Wine » In excess » Leads to remorse
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down: In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Wine » In excess » Impairs the judgment and memory
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink? For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.
Wine » In excess » Forbidden
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
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Wine » In excess » Infuriates the temper
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
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Wine » In excess » Inflames the passions
Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
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