Thematic Bible: Total abstinence


Thematic Bible



he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkThe Lord Is GodAlcoholic Beveragesbeer

Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceConformityAlcoholCivil authoritiesDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGood Decision Making ExamplesDecisivenessLuxurySelf DenialSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceTemptation, ResistingForbidden FoodDefilementEating Meatpork

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAnointing With OilLipsMeatOintmentSelf DenialTen Or More DaysNot Drinking WineAnointing OneselfSavourinessEating Meat



Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceGiving, Of OneselfSelf DisciplineSelf DenialThe Saints, Without OffenceBrotherly LoveAdaptabilityDo Not HinderEating Meatpork

"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholSerpentsNot Drinking WineSparklingColoralcoholism

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: Verse ConceptsAbstinenceSelf DenialDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAgriculturegrandfathersgroups

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism


Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism


Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: and that you are to 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 fermented 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 grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.

The angel of Yahweh 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."

In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcohol ConsumptionUnlimitednessNo Compulsion


Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live. We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded 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; and you have not listened to me. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceDisobedience, To GodRefusing To HearThose Who Rose EarlySaying RepeatedlyDrinking No WineObeying People

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented 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 grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.

The angel of Yahweh 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."

He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man." Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."




But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live. We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters; read more.
nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem. Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh. 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; and you have not listened to me.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceConformityAlcoholCivil authoritiesDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGood Decision Making ExamplesDecisivenessLuxurySelf DenialSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceTemptation, ResistingForbidden FoodDefilementEating Meatpork

Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceTen Or More DaysVegetablesDrinking WaterEating MeatTestsCompetitionexamsveganism

You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkThe Lord Is GodAlcoholic Beveragesbeer

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkThe Lord Is GodAlcoholic Beveragesbeer

Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceConformityAlcoholCivil authoritiesDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGood Decision Making ExamplesDecisivenessLuxurySelf DenialSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceTemptation, ResistingForbidden FoodDefilementEating Meatpork

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAnointing With OilLipsMeatOintmentSelf DenialTen Or More DaysNot Drinking WineAnointing OneselfSavourinessEating Meat



Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceGiving, Of OneselfSelf DisciplineSelf DenialThe Saints, Without OffenceBrotherly LoveAdaptabilityDo Not HinderEating Meatpork

"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholSerpentsNot Drinking WineSparklingColoralcoholism

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever: Verse ConceptsAbstinenceSelf DenialDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAgriculturegrandfathersgroups

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism