Ephesians 5:18

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.

Cross References

Matthew 23:25

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 24:49

And begin to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,

Luke 1:15

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; he shall not drink any wine or strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth,

Luke 11:13

If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him!"

Luke 12:45

But should that servant say to himself 'My master is a long time coming,' and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 21:34

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

John 2:10

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

Acts 11:24

For Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith--and a large number of people took their stand on the Lord's side.

Romans 13:13

Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

1 Corinthians 11:21

For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

1 Corinthians 5:11

But, as things are, I say that you are not to associate with any one who, although a Brother in name, is immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or grasping-no, not even to sit at table with such people.

1 Corinthians 6:10

Or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God's Kingdom.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

It is at night that men sleep, and at night that drunkards get drunk.

Titus 1:6

They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly.