Ephesians 5:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, 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

Genesis 9:21

And he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

Psalm 69:12

They who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a scoffer, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Draw me! We run after you. The sovereign has brought me into his inner rooms. We exult and rejoice in you. We praise your loves more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

Song of Solomon 7:9

And your palate like the best wine, Going down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently, slumbering lips.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain יהוה  of hosts shall make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of old wines, of choice pieces with marrow, of old wines, well-refined.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to the mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink,

Isaiah 55:1

“Oh everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. And you who have no silver, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without price.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations,

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness.

Matthew 24:49

and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

Luke 1:15

“For he shall be great before יהוה, and shall drink no wine and strong drink at all. And he shall be filled with the Set-apart Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Luke 11:13

“If you then, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father from heaven give the Set-apart Spirit to those asking Him!”

Luke 12:45

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male servants and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

Luke 21:34

“And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness, and worries of this life, and that day come on you suddenly.

John 2:10

and said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when they have drunk, then that which is poorer. You have kept the good wine until now.”

Acts 11:24

Because he was a good man, and filled with the Set-apart Spirit and with belief. And large numbers were added to the Master.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in wild parties and drunkenness, not in living together and indecencies, not in fighting and envy,

1 Corinthians 11:21

For, when you eat, each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother,’ if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler – not even to eat with such a one.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.

Deuteronomy 21:20

and shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

Titus 1:6

if anyone is unreprovable, the husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of loose behaviour, or unruly.