Thematic Bible: In excess
Thematic Bible
Wine » In excess » Impairs the health
But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.
Wine » In excess » Leads to sorrow and contention
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Wine » In excess » Leads to remorse
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.
Wine » In excess » Impairs the judgment and memory
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink, For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Wine » In excess » Forbidden
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
Wine » In excess » Infuriates the temper
And whoever
Wine » In excess » Inflames the passions
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!