the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Drunkenness
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
or Is referred to in the Bible both in single instances and as a habit. Its folly is often illustrated, Psalm 107:27 Isaiah 19:14 24:20 28:7,8 , its guilt denounced, Isaiah 5:22 , its ill results traced, 1 Samuel 25:36 1 Kings 16:9 20:16 , and its doom shown, 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 . It is produced by wine, Genesis 9:21 21:33 Jeremiah 23:9 Ephesians 5:18 , as well as by "strong drink," 1 Samuel 1:13-15 Isaiah 5:11 . Hence the use of these was forbidden to the priests at the altar, Leviticus 10:9; and all are cautioned to avoid them, Proverbs 20:1 23:20 . To tempt others to drunkenness is a sin accursed of God, 2 Samuel 11:13 Habakkuk 2:15,16 . Its prevalence in a community is inseparable from the habitual use of any inebriating liquor. Hence the efforts made by the wise and good to secure abstinence from all intoxicating drinks, 1 Corinthians 8:13 . See WINE .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Drunkenness'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/drunkenness.html. 1859.
