Ezekiel 44:21

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

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

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”

Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

But they said, “We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever.

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

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

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;