13 Bible Verses about Not Drinking Wine
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You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
“Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations—
he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
I did not eat any tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed.
“Moreover, their wealth will become plunder
And their houses desolate;
Yes, they will build houses but not inhabit them,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”
Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.
“You will sow but you will not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.
But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.