Alcohol, Wine, and Drunkenness

The definitive proverb: 'Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.'

Vivid warning: 'Look not thou upon the wine when it is red... at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.'

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.

Drunkards listed among those who shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Woe to those who rise early to follow strong drink and continue until night till wine inflame them.

Noah's drunkenness after the flood, the Bible's first recorded intoxication and its shameful consequences.

Paul tells Timothy to use a little wine for his stomach's sake and his often infirmities.

Woe to him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.

Kings should not drink wine; strong drink is for those ready to perish.

Drunkenness listed among the works of the flesh that exclude from the kingdom.

Be sober, be vigilant; the devil walks about as a roaring lion.

Jesus warns hearts not to be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness.

Wine that maketh glad the heart of man — the positive side of the gift.

Jesus' first miracle: turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana.