24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
2 Peter I, 5. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.
Prov. XXIII, 20. Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh.
Prov. XXIII, 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright:
32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Isaiah V, 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah V, 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink!
Isaiah XXVIII, 1. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Rom. XIII, 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.