Temperance

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Esther 1:7Nave General scriptures concerning

  And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

• Esther 1:8Nave General scriptures concerning

  And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

• Proverbs 23:1–3Nave General scriptures concerning

  When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

• Proverbs 25:16Nave General scriptures concerning

  Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

• Daniel 1:8Nave General scriptures concerning

  ¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

• Daniel 1:12–16Nave General scriptures concerning

  Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest,…

• Romans 13:14Nave General scriptures concerning

  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

• 1 Corinthians 9:25Nave General scriptures concerning

  And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

• 1 Corinthians 9:27Nave General scriptures concerning

  But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

• Philippians 4:5Nave General scriptures concerning

  Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8Nave General scriptures concerning

  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and…

• 1 Timothy 3:2Nave General scriptures concerning

  A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;