Bible Cross References
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:29-35
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Show me people who drink too much, who have to try out fancy drinks, and I will show you people who are miserable and sorry for themselves, always causing trouble and always complaining. Their eyes are bloodshot, and they have bruises that could have been avoided.
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(SEE 23:29)
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Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.
32
The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
33
Weird sights will appear before your eyes, and you will not be able to think or speak clearly.
34
You will feel as if you were out on the ocean, seasick, swinging high up in the rigging of a tossing ship.
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"I must have been hit," you will say; "I must have been beaten up, but I don't remember it. Why can't I wake up? I need another drink."
Proverbs 31:4
Listen, Lemuel. Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol.
Genesis 9:21-23
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After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent.
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When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers.
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Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backward into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked.
Genesis 19:31-36
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The older daughter said to her sister, "Our father is getting old, and there are no men in the whole world to marry us so that we can have children.
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Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him."
33
That night they gave him wine to drink, and the older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he didn't know it.
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The next day the older daughter said to her sister, "I slept with him last night; now let's get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father."
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So that night they got him drunk, and the younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he didn't know it.
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In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
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Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.
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Then, after he had sobered up, she told him everything. He suffered a stroke and was completely paralyzed.
38
Some ten days later the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
2 Samuel 11:13
David invited him to supper and got him drunk. But again that night Uriah did not go home; instead he slept on his blanket in the palace guardroom.
2 Samuel 13:28
and instructed his servants: "Notice when Amnon has had too much to drink, and then when I give the order, kill him. Don't be afraid. I will take the responsibility myself. Be brave and don't hesitate!"
1 Kings 20:16-21
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The attack began at noon, as Benhadad and his thirty-two allies were getting drunk in their tents.
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The young soldiers advanced first. Scouts sent out by Benhadad reported to him that a group of soldiers was coming out of Samaria.
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He ordered, "Take them alive, no matter whether they are coming to fight or to ask for peace."
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The young soldiers led the attack, followed by the Israelite army,
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and each one killed the man he fought. The Syrians fled, with the Israelites in hot pursuit, but Benhadad escaped on horseback, accompanied by some of the cavalry.
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King Ahab took to the field, captured the horses and chariots, and inflicted a severe defeat on the Syrians.
Isaiah 28:7
Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them.
Hosea 4:11
The LORD says, "Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!
Hosea 7:5
On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine.
Habakkuk 2:15
You are doomed! In your fury you humiliated and disgraced your neighbors; you made them stagger as though they were drunk.
Habakkuk 2:16
You in turn will be covered with shame instead of honor. You yourself will drink and stagger. The LORD will make you drink your own cup of punishment, and your honor will be turned to disgrace.
1 Corinthians 6:10
or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves---none of these will possess God's Kingdom.
Galatians 5:21
they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit.