1. Pro
1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy
stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. (Strong's
G 3631 "Wine")
(This is the only New Testament “Pro”. Non-fermented wine is grape
juice, even if it were fermented; it would still be strictly for medicinal
purposes.)
Psalms 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the
cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of
the earth;
Psalms 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. (Strong's
H 3196 "Fermented wine")
(The Holy Ghost wasn’t available to all men yet, to make their
faces to shine)
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready
to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Proverbs 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and
remember his misery no more. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
(The Holy Ghost as “Comforter” wasn’t available to all men yet.)
* Remember, in this day
and age we can all drink of the new wine of the Holy Ghost!
2. Con
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is
a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
(Strong's H 3196
"Fermented wine")
Proverbs 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous
eaters of flesh: (Strong's
H 3630 "Wine drinkers")
Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come
to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a
man with rags.
Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness
of eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go
to seek mixed wine. (#1:
Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine" (#2: Strong's H 4469 "wine
mixed with water or spices")
Proverbs 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth his colour in the cup, when
it moveth itself aright. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Proverbs 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and
thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in
the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Proverbs 23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the
morning, that they may follow strong
drink; that continue until night, till
wine inflame them! (Strong's
H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Isaiah 5:22 Woe unto them
that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented
wine")
Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the
heart. (Strong's H
3196 "Fermented wine")
Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Genesis 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken;
and he was uncovered within his tent. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of
Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and
laid it upon both their shoulders,
and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their
father's nakedness.
Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what
his younger son had done unto him.
Isaiah 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and
through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred
through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way
through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Ezekiel 44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when
they enter into the inner court. (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine")
Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled
with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.(#1 Strong's G 3631 "Wine" #2 Of Hebrew origin
H7941; an intoxicant, that is, intensely fermented liquor: - strong drink.)
Leviticus 10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Leviticus 10:9 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: (#1 Strong's H 3196 "Fermented wine" #2 H7941From
H7937; an intoxicant, that is, intensely alcoholic liquor: - strong drink, +
drunkard, strong wine.)
Leviticus 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy
and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Proverbs 31:4 It is
not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not
for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: (Strong's H 3196 "Fermented
wine")
Proverbs 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and
pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Revelation 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Qualifications of a Bishop or Deacon
1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (Bishop) (G3943 from G3844 and G3631; staying near wine, that
is, tippling (a toper): - given to wine.)
1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must
the deacons be grave, not
doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; (Deacon) (Strong's G 3631
"Wine")
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; (G3943 from G3844 and G3631; staying near wine,
that is, tippling (a toper): - given to wine.)
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; (Strong's G 3631 "Wine")
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Strong's G 3631 "Wine")
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or
an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no
not to eat.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the
1 Corinthians 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
by the Spirit of our God.
Romans 14:21 It is
good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made
weak.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the
1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.