1 Timothy 5:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.”
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“Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Timothy 5:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:9“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 is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Psalms 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
- Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
- Ezekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
- 1 Timothy 3:8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- 1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
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