Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Drunkards » Drunkards, general references to
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Drunkenness » Punishment of
And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
Intemperance » Examples of » Drunkards, general references to
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Intoxication » Examples of » Drunkards, general references to
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Locusts » Devastation by
You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:
And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.
If, at my word, heaven is shut up, so that there is no rain, or if I send locusts on the land for its destruction, or if I send disease on my people;
What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly. Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion. read more.
By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.
By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.
And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight. read more.
And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.
And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » General references to
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.