1 Timothy 5:23

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No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.

No priest shall drink wine, when he enters the inner court.

When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.

Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain;

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,