Arguments Against Drinking Alcohol
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Proverbs 20:1 says, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
1 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Galatians 5:21 condemns drunkenness. The original word found here not only condemns the result of drinking, but the process by which one gets drunk, and condemns any intoxicating drink (strong drink).
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Young’s Analytical Concordance—methusko—to begin to be softened
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary—methusko—(μεθύσκω, 3182) signifies “to make drunk, or to grow drunk” (an inceptive verb, marking the process or the state expressed in No. 1), “to become intoxicated,” Luke 12:45; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7a.¶
Is it not interesting that Paul had to command Timothy to use a little wine for his stomach's sake. (I Timothy 5:23).
23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
Wine (which may mean only grape juice in some passages in the Bible), when allowed to ferment, was strictly forbidden in the O.T. (Proverbs 23:31,32)
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
Habakkuk 2:15 forbids one to give his neighbor drink.
15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, Pressing him to your bottle, Even to make him drunk, That you may look on his nakedness!
We are commanded to be sober.
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary—nepho (νήφω, 3525) signifies “to be free from the influence of intoxicants”.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.