Ephesians 5:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. [Prov. 23:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Don’t get drunk on wine, which produces depravity. Instead, be filled with the Spirit in the following ways:

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 5:18 Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

Luke 1:15

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

1 Corinthians 5:11

but now I write unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Luke 12:45

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Luke 11:13

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Titus 1:6

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Isaiah 55:1

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Deuteronomy 21:20

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard.

1 Corinthians 11:21

for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

Genesis 9:21

and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Matthew 23:25

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Psalm 69:12

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

Matthew 24:49

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

Song of Solomon 7:9

And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

Leviticus 10:9

Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

John 2:10

and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.