Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism


Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, "You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations-- and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,

he will abstain from wine and fermented drink; he will not drink wine vinegar or vinegar of fermented drink; he will not drink the fruit juice of grapes or eat fresh or dry grapes. All the days of his separation you will not eat from anything that is made from the grapevine, from sour grapes to the skin [of grapes].

And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Let the woman be attentive to all that I said. She should not eat of anything that comes from the vine, or drink wine or strong drink, or eat anything unclean; she should keep all that I commanded."

There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcohol ConsumptionUnlimitednessNo Compulsion


Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

But they answered, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, commanded us, {saying}, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your children, {forever}. And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard, and it shall not be for you, but in tents you shall live all your days, so that you may live many days on the surface of the land where you [are] dwelling as aliens.' And we obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

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"The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his descendants to not drink, have been carried out, and they have not drunk until this day, for they have obeyed the command of their ancestor. But {I have spoken to you over and over again}, and you have not listened to me. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceDisobedience, To GodRefusing To HearThose Who Rose EarlySaying RepeatedlyDrinking No WineObeying People

Dan shall be a serpent on the way, a viper on the road that bites the heels of a horse, so that its rider falls backward. Verse ConceptsBitingSerpentsSnakesHeelsPeople TumblingThings Like SnakesSnakebitesFalling Backwards


Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear


{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

Their wine [is] the poison of snakes, and [the] deadly poison of horned vipers. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

Their wine [is] the poison of snakes, and [the] deadly poison of horned vipers. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perverse things.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger [in the] rendering of a decision, Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}. Verse ConceptsAlcoholIntoxicationEffect Of WineBeing Without Understanding


Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear


[They will become] weakened by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter pestilence; and the teeth of wild animals I will send against them, with [the] poison of [the] creeping [things] in [the] dust; Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

Their wine [is] the poison of snakes, and [the] deadly poison of horned vipers. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him. Verse ConceptsTeeth

He, in turn, shook off the creature into the fire [and] suffered no harm. But they were expecting [that] he was going to swell up or suddenly to fall down dead. So [after] they had waited for a long [time] and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds [and] began saying [that] he was a god.

{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism


he will abstain from wine and fermented drink; he will not drink wine vinegar or vinegar of fermented drink; he will not drink the fruit juice of grapes or eat fresh or dry grapes. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine and strong drink, so that you may know that I [am] Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkThe Lord Is GodAlcoholic Beveragesbeer

"You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations-- Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. {Otherwise} the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine is destroyed and the wineskins [too]. But new wine [is put] into new wineskins." Verse ConceptsBottle, UsesNewnessWineAlcohol ConsumptionBreaking ContainersOld ThingsUnusedFreshWineskins And Vatstoughness

The libation with it [will be] a fourth of a liquid measure for each male lamb; in the sanctuary you will pour out the libation of fermented drink for Yahweh. Verse ConceptsAlcoholOfferingsStrong DrinkA Fourth PartMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeer

You may spend the money for anything {that you desire}, for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for anything {that you desire}, and you shall eat [it] there {before} Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinkingFamilies, Nature OfAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineStrong DrinkEating Drinking And RejoicingAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsTithes And OfferingCelebrationMoney BlessingsSaving Moneybeeralcoholismfriendliness

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.