1 Timothy 5:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

Cross References

Psalm 104:15

And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Ezekiel 44:21

The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

Acts 18:5

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

1 Timothy 3:3

Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

1 Timothy 4:4

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

Titus 1:7

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

Titus 2:3

That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,