Thematic Bible: Total abstinence from strong drink
Thematic Bible
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Law from the nazarites
he shall separate from wine and strong drink and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink; neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes or dried.
You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.
And now, please take heed, and do not drink wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Daniel's temperance principles
But Daniel laid on his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. So he asked permission of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Brotherly love demands
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
Therefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, that I do not offend my brother.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Encouraged upon the priests
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die, a statute forever throughout your generations.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The wise man's injunction
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » The law of the rechabites
But they said, We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons forever.
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Rule for kings
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to lust for strong drink;
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » John the baptist a total abstainer
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.