Thematic Bible: In excess
Thematic Bible
Wine » In excess » Impairs the health
But in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone,
Wine » In excess » Leads to sorrow and contention
Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes? Even among those that be ever at the wine, and seek excess.
Wine » In excess » Leads to remorse
Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass. It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
Wine » In excess » Impairs the judgment and memory
O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink; Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.
Wine » In excess » Forbidden
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,
Wine » In excess » Infuriates the temper
Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.
Wine » In excess » Inflames the passions
Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.