Ephesians 5:18

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“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”

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“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”

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KJVPD

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”

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“And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;”

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“and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
  2. Genesis 19:32Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
  4. Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  5. Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
  6. Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  7. Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
  8. Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
  9. Song of Solomon 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
  10. Song of Solomon 7:9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
  11. Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
  12. Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
  13. Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
  14. Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
  15. Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them.They will destroy and conquer with slingstones;they will drink and roar as with wine.And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls,drenched like the corners of the altar.
  16. Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
  17. Matthew 24:49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
  18. Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  19. Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
  20. Luke 12:45But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
  21. Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  22. Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
  23. Acts 11:24Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
  24. Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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