Proverbs 23:30
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
BSB
ASV
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
KJV
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Is it not to those who linger over wine? etc. He does not forbid drinking wine for need, but lingering in wine beyond time and usefulness, and competing to empty each other's chalices; according to Isaiah: Woe to you who are mighty to drink wine, …
(2.) Of drinking that which is strong and intoxicating. They go up and down to seek wine that will please them; their great enquiry is, "Where is the best liquor?" They seek mixed wine, which is most palatable, but most heady, so willingly do they sacrifice their reason to please their palate!
The walk8
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Through
Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
leads to
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Through
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
leads to
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Through
Psalms 75:8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…
leads to
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink…
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