TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
(A) TEMPERANCE (Select Readings)
Pro 23:1-35; Isa 5:1-30; Isa 28:1-29; Dan 1:1-21
(1) General References to
Pro 21:17; Pro 23:1; Pro 23:2; Pro 25:16; Act 24:25; 1Co 9:25; Gal 5:23
Tit 2:2; 2Pe 1:6
(2) Total Abstinence from Strong Drink
Enjoined upon the Priests
Lev 10:9
Law from the Nazarites
Num 6:3; Deu 29:6; Jdg 13:4
The Wise Man’s Injunction
Pro 23:31
Rule for Kings
Pro 31:4
The Law of the Rechabites
Jer 35:6
Daniel’s Temperance Principles
Dan 1:8; Dan 10:3; Mat 11:18
John the Baptist a Total Abstainer
Luk 1:15
Brotherly Love Demands
Rom 14:21; 1Co 8:13
— in Relation to food. SEE Appetites Restrained, SELF-DENIAL
— in Relation to speech. SEE Tongue Restrained, SPEECH
(B) SELF CONTROL
(1) The Duty of
Over the Spirit
Pro 16:32; Pro 25:28
Over the Life
Act 24:25
Over the Lusts of the Flesh
Rom 6:12; 1Co 6:12
Over the Tongue
Jam 3:2
A Cardinal Virtue
2Pe 1:5-7
(2) Examples of
Jer 35:6; Dan 1:8; 1Co 9:27
— of the Tongue. SEE Tongue Restrained, SPEECH
Meekness, MEEKNESS
Silence Enjoined, SILENCE
(C) DRUNKENNESS
(1) Warnings Against
Deu 21:20; Pro 20:1; Pro 23:20; Pro 23:29-31; Ecc 10:17; Isa 5:11; Isa 28:1; Nah 1:10
Hab 2:15; Luk 21:34; Rom 13:13; 1Co 6:10; Eph 5:18; 1Th 5:7
–SEE Wine, INTEMPERANCE
Abstinence, TEMPERANCE
(2) Examples of
— Noah
Gen 9:21
— Nabal
1Sa 25:36
— Uriah
2Sa 11:13
— Elah
1Ki 16:9
— Ben Hadad
1Ki 20:16
— Ahasuerus
Est 1:10
— Watchmen of Israel
Isa 56:12
— Kings of Israel
Hos 7:5
— Other examples
Joe 3:3; Luk 12:45; 1Co 11:21
(3) Drunkards, General References to
Pro 26:9; Isa 5:22; Isa 28:3; Joe 1:5; Nah 1:10
–SEE Wine, INTEMPERANCE
(4) Excess, General References to
Pro 23:30; Pro 28:7; Dan 5:1; Luk 15:13; Gal 5:21; Eph 5:18
1Pe 4:3; 2Pe 2:13
–SEE Revelry, SOCIAL LIFE
(D) WINE
(1) Warnings concerning the use of
Pro 20:1; Pro 21:17; Pro 23:31; Pro 31:4; Isa 5:11; Isa 28:1; Isa 28:7; Isa 56:12
Hos 4:11; Hab 2:5; Eph 5:18
(2) General References to
Gen 14:18; Exo 29:40; Num 28:7; Deu 14:26; 2Ch 32:28; Est 5:6
Psa 104:15; Pro 31:6; Ecc 2:3; Luk 5:39; Joh 2:3; 1Ti 5:23