Bible Verses About Temperance: General references

Drinks were served in gold goblets, with each goblet different from the others. There was royal wine in abundance, as befits royal bounty.

The drinking was not according to any fixed rule, for the king had ordered the stewards to serve each man what he wanted.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, think carefully about who is before you.

If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!

Don't be greedy for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

If you find honey, eat only what you need; for if you eat too much of it, you may throw it up;

But Dani'el resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food or the wine he drank, so he asked the chief officer to be excused from defiling himself.

"Please! Try an experiment on your servants - for ten days have them give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Then see how we look, and compare us with how the boys who eat the king's food look; and deal with your servants according to what you see."

He agreed to do what they had asked and gave them a ten-day test.

At the end of ten days they looked better and more robust than all the boys who were eating the king's food.

So the guard took away their food and the wine they were supposed to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Yeshua the Messiah; and don’t waste your time thinking about how to provide for the sinful desires of your old nature.

Now every athlete in training submits himself to strict discipline, and he does it just to win a laurel wreath that will soon wither away. But we do it to win a crown that will last forever.

I treat my body hard and make it my slave so that, after proclaiming the Good News to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Let everyone see how reasonable and gentle you are. The Lord is near!

so let’s not be asleep, like the rest are; on the contrary, let us stay alert and sober.

People who sleep, sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.

But since we belong to the day, let us stay sober, putting on trust and love as a breastplate and the hope of being delivered as a helmet.

A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money.

Likewise, the shammashim must be of good character, people whose word can be trusted. They must not give themselves to excessive drinking or be greedy for dishonest gain.

For an overseer, as someone entrusted with God’s affairs, must be blameless — he must not be self-willed or quick-tempered, he must not drink excessively, get into fights or be greedy for dishonest gain.

On the contrary, he must be hospitable, devoted to good, sober-mindedness, uprightness, holiness and self-control.

Tell the older men to be serious, sensible, self-controlled and sound in their trust, love and perseverance.