Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Leviticus 10:9-11
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Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
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And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
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And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Psalm 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Proverbs 31:4-7
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
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Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
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Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Ezekiel 44:21
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;