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PERSPECTIVES ON THE LORD’S TABLE<br />

fermented drink. He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or<br />

raisins.<br />

Prov. 31:4 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel-- not for kings to drink<br />

wine, not for rulers to crave beer,<br />

Getting drunk with wine is strongly rebuked in the bible.<br />

Prov. 20:1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led<br />

astray by them is not wise.<br />

Prov. 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever<br />

loves wine and oil will never be rich.<br />

Prov. 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge<br />

themselves on meat,<br />

Prov. 23:30 Prov. 23:31<br />

Prov. 31:6 Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those<br />

who are in anguish;<br />

Proverbs we should remember is words of advise from the elders<br />

collected through the ages.<br />

Deut. 32:33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly<br />

poison of cobras.<br />

Isa. 5:12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,<br />

tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the<br />

deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.<br />

Isa. 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and<br />

champions at mixing drinks,<br />

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