Strong drink
DRINK
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 19 verses (KJV)
Drink
Description
Strong drink referred to any fermented beverage beyond ordinary wine — stronger, and more dangerous when overindulged. Proverbs pairs it with wine as a matched set of warnings about the folly of drunkenness.
Key verses
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
Proverbs 20:1
All 19 referencesshow
- 1 Samuel 1:15
- Deuteronomy 14:26
- Deuteronomy 29:6
- Isaiah 5:11
- Isaiah 5:22
- Isaiah 24:9
- Isaiah 28:7
- Isaiah 29:9
- Isaiah 56:12
- Judges 13:4
- Judges 13:7
- Judges 13:14
- Leviticus 10:9
- Luke 1:15
- Micah 2:11
- Numbers 6:3
- Proverbs 20:1
- Proverbs 31:4
- Proverbs 31:6