Thematic Bible: Total abstinence from strong drink
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Law from the nazarites
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.
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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.
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So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Daniel's temperance principles
Now {Daniel resolved} that he would not defile himself with the fine food of the king, and with {the wine that he drank}, and [so] he requested from the commander of the court officials [permission so] that he would not defile himself.
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I had not eaten [any] choice food, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and {I did not use any ointment} {until the end of three whole weeks}.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Brotherly love demands
[It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.
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Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat {forever}, in order that I may not cause my brother to sin.
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Encouraged upon the priests
"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--
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The wise man's injunction
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
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}.
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Rule for kings
[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers.
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Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » John the baptist a total abstainer
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.
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