Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers a
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues pra
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav