Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?
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For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.
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And LORD spoke to Aaron, saying, Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye not die--it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations-- and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
And the agent of LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware. She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.
And the drinking was according to the law, none could compel. For so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
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But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, forever. Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any, but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many days in the land in which ye sojourn. And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed. And to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment. But I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking
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Appetites » Restrained
But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.
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And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.
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But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
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Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
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Company » Who not to have company with
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition, which they received from us.
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Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son. If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice. For he who speaks to him to rejoice, partakes of his evil works.
Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man, lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them. For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with fornicators, and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world. But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind. read more.
For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside? But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.
For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside? But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.
If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety, he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings, constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.
Drunkenness » Drunks
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.
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Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.
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[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.
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Drunkenness » Avoid those given to
But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind.
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Greed/gluttony » Gluttons
Laziness » What laziness does
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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Poverty » Who will end up in poverty
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
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He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
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He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.
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He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
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The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: read more.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.
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And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.
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But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
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Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
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