Luke 1:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

for he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will 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; nevertheless 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 went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all. In thy hand are power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 35:6

But they answered, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, ‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons for ever;

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; and they shall drink their blood like wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched 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

I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

John 5:35

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

Acts 2:4

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

Galatians 1:15

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace,

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; 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 stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.