Luke 1:15

New King James Version

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

1 Chronicles 17:8

And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 35:6

But they said, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons, forever.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar.

Luke 1:14

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

Luke 7:28

For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

John 5:35

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

Joshua 3:7

And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Joshua 4:14

On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.