THE WORD OF GOD SAYS
GULPING WINE AND SWILLING BEER IS FOOLISH
“Leaders can’t afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer, Lest, hung over, they don’t know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. Use wine and beer only as sedatives, to kill the pain and dull the ache Of the terminally ill, for whom life is a living death.
Proverbs 31:4-7 MSG
GOD TAKES PLEASURE IN YOUR PLEASURE
Seize life! Eat bread with gusto, Drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure! Dress festively every morning. Don’t skimp on colors and scarves. Relish life with the spouse you love Each and every day of your precarious life. Each day is God’s gift. It’s all you get in exchange For the hard work of staying alive. Make the most of each one! Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily! This is your last and only chance at it, For there’s neither work to do nor thoughts to think In the company of the dead, where you’re most certainly headed.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 MSG
GETTING DRUNK
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him.
EPHESIANS 5:18 AMP
POINTING YOUR LIFE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Oh listen, dear child—become wise; point your life in the right direction. Don’t drink too much wine and get drunk; don’t eat too much food and get fat. Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.
Proverbs 23:19-21 MSG
CRAVING ALCOHOL
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave alcohol.
Proverbs 31:4 NLT
FORGETING ABOUT THE OPPRESSED
For if they drink, they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed. Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress. Let them drink to forget their poverty and remember their troubles no more.
Proverbs 31:5-7 NLT
BECOMING A MOCKER
Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
Proverbs 20:1 NLT
THE ROAD TO POVERTY
Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons, for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:20-21 NLT
WHO HAS BLOODSHOT EYES?
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
Proverbs 23:29-30 NLT
A DRUNK IS NOT MUCH FUN
Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome— a staggering drunk is not much fun.
Proverbs 20:1 MSG
TEMPTATION COMES FROM YOUR OWN DESIRES
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God” [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death.
James 1:13-15 AMP
GO AHEAD, DRINK A LITTLE WINE
In any event, keep a close check on yourself. And don’t worry too much about what the critics will say. Go ahead and drink a little wine, for instance; it’s good for your digestion, good medicine for what ails you.
1 Timothy 5:21-23 The Message (MSG)
SELF-CONTROL IS WHAT WILL SET YOU APART—AGAINST THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS NO LAW
But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 AMP
THE SPARKLE TO LIFE
Laughter and bread go together, And wine gives sparkle to life— But it’s money that makes the world go around.
Ecclesiastes 10:19 MSG
STAY SOBER—YOU ARE CREATURES OF DAY
But friends, you’re not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this? You’re sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. So let’s not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let’s keep our eyes open and be smart. People sleep at night and get drunk at night. But not us! Since we’re creatures of Day, let’s act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8 MSG
DRINK HOLINESS
As God’s obedient children, never again shape your lives by the desires that you followed when you didn’t know better. Instead, shape your lives to become like the Holy One who called you. For Scripture says: “You are to be holy, because I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:14-16 TPT
THERE IS A TRANSFORMING POWER THAT CAN HELP YOU GET FREE FROM THIS ADDICTION. BE OBEDIENT BY GETTING THE HELP YOU NEED[Live] as obedient children [of God]; do not be conformed to the evil desires which governed you in your ignorance [before you knew the requirements and transforming power of the good news regarding salvation].
1 Peter 1:14 AMP
