Drink made from fermented grape juice, often drunk instead of water in biblical times. Scripture recognises the richness of wine and its value in bringing joy to people; however, it condemns the excessive drinking of wine, and recommends total abstinence in some situations.

Numbers 15:5

Offerings of wine

See also

Exodus 29:40
Leviticus 23:12-13
Numbers 28:14
Deuteronomy 32:37-38
1 Samuel 1:24
Ezra 6:8-10
Nehemiah 13:12

Tithes and firstfruits of wine

See also

Numbers 18:11-12
Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:23-26; 18:4-5
2 Chronicles 31:4-5
Genesis 27:28

Wine as a sign of blessing

See also

Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:13-14; 33:28
2 Kings 18:31-32
1 Chronicles 12:40
Psalms 4:7
Proverbs 3:9-10
Jeremiah 31:12
Joel 2:18-24; 3:18
Amos 9:13-14
Jeremiah 48:33

Lack of wine as a sign of God's displeasure

See also

Deuteronomy 28:38-51
Isaiah 24:7-9
Joel 1:10
Haggai 2:14-16
1 Timothy 5:23

Wine as an alternative to water

See also

Genesis 14:17-18
Judges 19:19
Lamentations 2:12
Matthew 27:48

pp Mk 15:36

pp Lk 23:36

pp Jn 19:28-29

Genesis 27:25

Wine with meals

See also

Ruth 2:14
Job 1:18-19
Proverbs 9:1-6
Isaiah 22:13
Isaiah 25:6

The pleasant taste and effects of wine

See also

Judges 9:12-13
Psalms 104:14-15
Ecclesiastes 9:7; 10:19
Songs 1:2-4; 4:10; 7:8-9
Proverbs 20:1

The dangers of drinking wine

See also

Genesis 9:20-27
Genesis 19:30-38

Noah

1 Samuel 1:13-15
2 Samuel 13:28

Lot and his daughters

Esther 1:10-12
Isaiah 28:1,7
Hosea 7:3-5
Joel 1:5
Nahum 1:9-10
Acts 2:1-21
Ephesians 5:18
Proverbs 21:17

The irresponsibility of wine drinkers

See also

Proverbs 23:19-21,29-35; 31:4-7
Ecclesiastes 2:3
Isaiah 5:11-12,22-23; 22:13; 56:12
Micah 2:11
Leviticus 10:9

Abstinence from wine

See also

Numbers 6:1-21
Judges 13:2-7
Jeremiah 35:1-19
Ezekiel 44:21
Daniel 1:3-16; 10:1-3
Amos 2:11-12
Luke 1:11-17; 7:33
2 Chronicles 32:28

Stores of wine

See also

1 Chronicles 9:29; 27:27
2 Chronicles 11:11-12
Nehemiah 10:37-39
Esther 1:7-8

Wine stewards

See also

Genesis 40:1-13
Nehemiah 1:11-2:1
Joel 3:3

Trade in wine

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Revelation 18:11-13
John 2:1-11

Jesus Christ's miracle of water turned into wine

Matthew 27:34

Drugged wine

pp Mk 15:23

Psalms 75:8

Metaphorical use of wine

See also

Genesis 49:11-12

God's wrath is often pictured as a cup of wine to be drunk.

Job 32:19
Psalms 60:3; 78:65
Proverbs 4:17
Isaiah 55:1
Jeremiah 23:9; 25:15; 48:11; 51:7

quenching spiritual thirst

Revelation 14:8-10; 16:19; 17:1-2; 18:3

illustrating judgment and the moral decadence of Babylon the Great

Luke 22:20

Wine as a symbol of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ

pp Mt 26:27-28

See also

pp Mk 14:23-24

pp 1Co 11:25-26

4410 banquets
4435 drinking
4462 grinding
4536 vinegar
4538 vineyard
4538 vineyard
4548 wineskin
4550 winnowing
7352 ephod
7933 Lord's Supper