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For posterity, below is a table of all references to alcoholic beverages in the Bible, categorized into positives and negatives. For the record, there are 29 negative references, 75 positive, and 67 neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reference<\/th>\nPro, Con, Neutral<\/th>\nComments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 9:21,24<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nNoah got drunk off too much<\/em> wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 14:18<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nMelchizedek, priest of God Most High, blesses Abram with bread and wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 19:32-35<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nLot’s daughters get him drunk so he will impregnate them and their line may continue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 27:25<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nIsaac had wine brought to him, and he drank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 27:28<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsaac blesses Jacob, citing “an abundance of grain and new wine” in the blessing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 27:37<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsaac tells Esau he has already blessed Jacob, including “new wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genesis 49:11-12<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nIn Jacob’s blessings on Judah lineage, foreshadowings of Shiloh’s (Christ) life and work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exodus 29:40<\/td>\npro<\/td>\n1\/4 hin used in the drink offering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 10:9<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe Aaronic priesthood forbidden from drinking wine during service to God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 23:14<\/td>\npro<\/td>\n1\/4 hin used for a drink offering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 6:3<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nAny taking the vow of the Nazirite is forbidden from drinking wine, strong drink, vinegar, grape juice, and grapes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 6:20<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nAfter the Nazirite vow is complete, the person may drink wine again<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 18:12<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe priest’s portion includes the “best of the fresh wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 18:27,30<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe priests are to make an offering from the tithe to the Lord, including from the wine vat; the rest is theirs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 28:14<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nAs part of the sacrifice schedule, drink offerings are to be made<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 7:13<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nAs a blessing for following the Lord, He will multiply .. your new wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 11:14<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe Lord will reward obedience with new wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 12:17<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDo not consume the tithe within your gates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 14:23,26<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nCelebrate to the Lord in feasting with the congregation by consuming the tithe at the appropriate time; if you cannot come to the feast, sell the tithe for the Lord, and buy that wherewith to celebrate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 15:14<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nDuring the sabbath year, share liberally from your stores with the slaves you set free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 16:13<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nCelebrate the Feast of Booths after gathering-in from your threshing floor and wine vat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 18:4<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe portion of the Levites is to include new wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 28:39,50<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIf you disobey, you will not be able to gather your grapes and make wine – it will be destroyed in the fields by worms and marauders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 29:6<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDuring the 40 years in the wilderness, the Israelites had neither wine nor strong drink provided for them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 32:14,33,38<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nIn the Song of Moses, he recounts the wanderings of the people and the care of the Lord in providing for them; wine used in poetic form<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 33:28<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nDuring Moses’ blessings on Israel, they shall dwell securely in a “land of grain and new wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judges 9:13<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn a parable, the vine refuses to become king of the plants because he does not want to “leave my new wine, which cheers God and men”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judges 13:4,7,14<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSamson was set aside as a Nazirite from birth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judges 19:19<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nA Levite explains he has stores to supply himself and his party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 1:14-15<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nEli accuses Hannah of being drunk in the temple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 1:24<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWine brought as part of the dedication of Samuel to the Lord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 10:3<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nOne of the men who will meet Saul will be carrying a jug of wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 16:20<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nJesse sends wine to Saul by way of his son David<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 25:18<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nAbigail supplies wine to David and his troupe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Samuel 25:37<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nNabal got himself drunk, and when he arose in the morning, he had a heart attack upon Abigail’s report of David<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Samuel 13:28<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nAmnon’s heart is “merry with wine”, and Absalom conspires to kill him to avenge their sister Tamar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Samuel 16:1-2<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nZiba, Mephibosheth’s servant, supplies wine for David and his family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Kings 18:32<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nListed as a benefit to surrendering to the king of Assyria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Chronicles 9:29<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nCustodians for wine are set aside for the sanctuary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles 12:40<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nOne of the supplies listed for David’s army, “brought .. wine… There was joy indeed in Israel.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Chronicles 27:27<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nSabdi given charge of the “produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles 2:10,15<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWine is listed as part of the wages\/trade for cedar from Tyre for the temple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles 11:11<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nRehoboam stocks the fortresses with food, oil, and wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles 31:5<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsrael is blessed with new wine after following Hezekiah’s reforms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles 32:28<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nTo celebrate God’s answer to his request, Hezekiah builds storehouses for “grain, wine, and oil”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ezra 6:9<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn celebration of God’s deliverance from captivity, wine is to be provided for sacrificing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ezra 7:22<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nMore details on the wine to be provided for the Israelites’ sacrifices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nehemiah 2:1<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nNehemiah is the wine cupbearer to Artaxerxes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nehemiah 5:11,15,18<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWine to be furnished to the builders working on Jerusalem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nehemiah 10:37,39<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWine to be provided for their tithes, according to the law of God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nehemiah 13:12<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nNeeded for tithing to God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esther 1:7<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDuring the festivities of Ahasuerus, wine is provided according to the king’s bounty as each desires, without compulsion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esther 1:10<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nAhasuerus wants to show-off his queen’s beauty to his guests at the end of the festival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esther 5:6<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nEsther makes petition of Ahasuerus at a banquet while they are drinking wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esther 7:(1),2,7-8<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nIt is during one of the wine courses that Esther shows Haman to be wicked, and Ahasuerus calls for his execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job 1:13,18<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nJob’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking at the eldest’s house when Sabeans attacked them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job 24:11<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThose who do not love the Lord “tread wine presses but thirst”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job 32:19<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nElihu describes his anger against the older friends of Job and Job himself as being “like unvented wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 4:7<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe Lord puts gladness in the heart more than “when their grain and new wine abound”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 60:3<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nIn complaining to God about His forsaking him and his men, David says, “You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 75:8<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe wicked will drink-down the well-mixed wine of the Lord’s anger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 78:65<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe Lord’s remembrance of Israel likened to a warrior awaking from being “overcome by wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 104:15<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe Lord provides “wine which makes man’s heart glad”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 3:10<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nBy getting wisdom, “your vats will overflow with new wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 9:2,5<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWisdom invites you to her by spreading food and wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 20:1<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nA warning about wine and strong drink, “whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 21:17<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nA warning that “he who loves wine and oil will not become rich”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 23:20<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nA warning to avoid those who are heavy drinkers and gluttonous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 23:30-31<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nA warning to avoid “those who linger long over wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 31:4<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nRulers and kings must be careful with wine and strong drink or they “will drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 31:6<\/td>\npro<\/td>\n“Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to him whose life is bitter”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecclesiastes 2:3<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDrinking wine for its own sake is futility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecclesiastes 9:7<\/td>\npro<\/td>\n“Drink your wine with a cheerful heart”; enjoy the fruits of your labors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecclesiastes 10:19<\/td>\npro<\/td>\n“Wine makes life merry”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon 1:2,4<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe bride loves her groom more than wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon 4:10<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe groom loves his bride more than wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon 5:1<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe groom has made preparations for his bride<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon 7:2,9<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe groom praises his bride by extolling her above wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon 8:2<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe bride wishes to give her groom spiced wine to show her love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 5:11,22<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nWoes pronounced on those who “pursue strong drink” and whose “wine may inflame them” and who are “heroes in drinking”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 16:10<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn Moab’s destruction, no “treader treads out wine in the presses”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 22:13<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThere is a time for drinking, and a time to not drink – to celebrate and to mourn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 24:7,9,11<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn God’s judgement on the earth, there will be no drinking of wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 25:6<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nUnder God’s favor, the Lord will provide a banquet including “refined, aged wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 27:2<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn the Lord’s deliverance, the “vineyard of wine” will sing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 28:1,7<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nWarnings against those who are “overcome”, “reel”, and “stagger” from wine and strong drink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 29:9<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nJerusalem will be drunk and stagger, but not from wine or strong drink, but from a “spirit of deep sleep” from the Lord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 36:17<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nSee 2 Kings 18:32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 49:26<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nIn the Lord’s deliverance, the oppressors will become “drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 51:21<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe afflicted are drunk, but not with wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 55:1<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nMercy is provided freely from God – take it and buy what you want from Him<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 56:12<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe disobedient to God say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 62:8<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod will deliver Zion, and they will enjoy their new wine in the courts of His sanctuary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 63:2-3<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nGod has trodden the winepress of his vengeance against the wicked<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah 65:8,11<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe disobedient are preparing mixed wine in sacrifice to false gods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 13:12<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nIsrael’s complacency in backsliding will be their downfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 23:9<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nFalse prophets trouble Jeremiah so much, he feels like one “overcome with wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 25:15<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nGod’s wrath is likened to a cup of wine which will make Babylon stagger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 31:12<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsrael will be given cause for celebration when God delivers them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 35:2,5,68,14<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe Rechabites won’t drink wine because their fathers commanded them not to, but Judah won’t obey the word of the Lord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 40:10,12<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nJudah commanded to bring-in their wine even with the Chaldeans about to come upon them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 48:33<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod’s judgement has come on Moab and has “made the wine to cease from the wine presses”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah 51:7<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nBabylon likened to wine that has intoxicated the nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamentations 2:12<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nChildren ask their mothers where the grain and wine has gone because of God’s anger at Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ezekiel 27:18<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDamascus was a customer of Tyre’s because of the wine of Helbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ezekiel 44:21<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Leviticus 10:9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel 1:5<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nWine is part of the rations from the king’s table for the choice young men of Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel 1:8,16<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDaniel and his friends refuse the king’s delicacies to stay as separate from Babylonian culture as possible during their training<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel 5:1-2,4,23<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nBelshazzar defiles the vessels of the Lord in feasting and praising false gods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel 10:2<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nDaniel provides a complete list of what he abstained from during his mourning fast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 2:8-9<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsrael does not realize it is God who gives new wine and oil; He will remove it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 2:22<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWhen Israel repents, God will return their wine to them<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 4:11<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nGod laments Israel, “Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 7:5,14<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nEphraim has forsaken God in favor of pleasure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 9:2,4<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod’s judgement on Ephraim includes removal of their wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea 14:7<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsrael’s future blessing will include the restoration their fame like the “wine of Lebanon”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 1:5<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nDrunkards are called to account<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 1:10<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod’s judgement removes the new wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 2:19,24<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod’s deliverance will restore the new wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 3:3<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe nations trade a girl for wine and will be judged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 3:13<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nGod will tread the winepress of the nations to judge their wickedness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel 3:18<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nZion’s restoration will have the mountains dripping with “sweet wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 2:8,12<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nGod pronounces judgement on those who have defiled the law: drinking the wrong wine, and forcing the Nazirite to drink wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 5:11<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nUnless you seek God, you cannot enjoy the fruits of the vineyard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 6:6<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nWoe to those who “drink wine from sacrificial bowls” in Zion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 9:13-14<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIsrael’s restoration will have the mountains “drip sweet wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Micah 2:11<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIt is the oppressor who “Had told lies and said, ‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor'”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Micah 6:15<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSowing and reaping will not yield favor with God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habakkuk 2:5<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nWarning to the haughty, “wine betrays the haughty man”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zephaniah 1:13<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nJudgement on Israel will come and the wine will not be drunk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haggai 1:11<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod has withheld the wine until the temple is rebuilt; His priorities must be ours for blessings to come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haggai 2:12,16<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod will bless Israel now that their priorities have been righted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zechariah 9:15<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nGod will cause Israel to “drink and be boisterous as with wine” against Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zechariah 9:17<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nWhen God saves Israel, new wine will return<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zechariah 10:7<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nIn the restoration, Ephraim will be “glad as if from wine”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew 9:17<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nWine storage used in a metaphor for why Jesus’ disciples do not fast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew 11:19<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nJesus is accused of being a wine-drinker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew 21:33<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe winepress is used as a parable device<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Matthew 26:27,29)<\/td>\n(neutral)<\/td>\n(Institution of the Lord’s Supper breaking from Passover)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew 27:34,48<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nJesus fulfills His promise to not drink of the fruit of the vine until He will “drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom” (Matthew 26:29)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark 2:22<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 9:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark 12:1<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 21:33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark 15:23,36<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 27:34,48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 1:15<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nJohn the Baptist is forbidden from ever drinking wine or liquor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 5:37-38<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 9:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 3:39<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nOld wine is preferred to new<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 7:33-34<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nCritics of John the Baptist said he was demonic for not drinking wine; they accused Jesus of being a drunkard for drinking wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 10:34<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nThe good Samaritan poured wine and oil on the beaten man’s wounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Luke 22:17,20)<\/td>\n(neutral)<\/td>\n(See Matthew 26:27,29)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke 23:36<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 27:48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John 2:3,9-10<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nJesus turns water into the best wine at the wedding in Cana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John 4:46<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nBack reference to the miracle in John 2:3,9-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John 19:29-30<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee Matthew 27:48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acts 2:13<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nMockers accused the apostles of being “full of sweet wine” on Pentecost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romans 14:21-23<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nPaul suggests abstaining from anything<\/em> that makes a brother stumble, but<\/strong> also demonstrates that faith is a man’s own, and cannot condemn in others what he does himself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1 Corinthians 9:4)<\/td>\n(neutral)<\/td>\n(The apostles have the same right to eat and drink as anyone else)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1 Corinthians 10:31)<\/td>\n(neutral)<\/td>\n(Do everything for God’s glory)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1 Corinthians 11:21)<\/td>\n(neutral)<\/td>\n(Paul condemns eating and drinking to excess during the Communion Table service)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ephesians 5:18<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nWarning to not be drunk with wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Timothy 3:3,8<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nPastors and deacons cannot be addicted to much wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Timothy 5:23<\/td>\npro<\/td>\nTimothy encouraged to take a little wine for his stomach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Titus 1:7<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nSee 1 Timothy 3:3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 6:6<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe third seal brings an order to not destroy the wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 6:6<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nThe third seal brings an order to not destroy the wine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 14:8<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe nations have drunk of Babylon’s wine of immorality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 14:10,19-20<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nGod’s wrath is prepared like wine in a winepress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 16:19<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nBabylon drinks the cup of the wine of the fierce wrath of God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 17:2<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe nations are drunk with the wine of immorality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 18:3<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe nations have drunk the wine of the immorality of Babylon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 18:13<\/td>\ncon<\/td>\nThe merchants of earth lament the fall of Babylon and not being to buy from her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revelation 19:15<\/td>\nneutral<\/td>\nChrist is treading the winepress of His wrath against the nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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“On the whole, biblical literature displays an ambivalence toward intoxicating drinks, considering them both a blessing from God that brings joy and merriment and potentially dangerous beverages that can be sinfully abused.”*<\/a><\/em><\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For posterity, below is a table of all references to alcoholic beverages in the Bible, categorized into positives and negatives. For the record, there are 29 negative references, 75 positive, and 67 neutral. Reference Pro, Con, Neutral Comments Genesis 9:21,24 neutral Noah got drunk off too much wine Genesis 14:18 pro Melchizedek, priest of God …
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