2 Maccabees 15:39chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste: even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end." 2 Maccabees 15:39 KJVcopysave
For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste: even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
Ecclesiasticus 31:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many." Ecclesiasticus 31:25 KJVcopysave
Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
Ecclesiasticus 43:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate." Ecclesiasticus 43:20 KJVcopysave
When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
1 Maccabees 11:72chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Afterwards turning again to battle, he put them to flight, and so they ran away." 1 Maccabees 11:72 KJVcopysave
Afterwards turning again to battle, he put them to flight, and so they ran away.
Ecclesiasticus 31:27chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad." Ecclesiasticus 31:27 KJVcopysave
Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
Ecclesiasticus 38:21chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself." Ecclesiasticus 38:21 KJVcopysave
Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
1 Maccabees 3:8chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:" 1 Maccabees 3:8 KJVcopysave
Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:
2 Esdras 16:60chapter contextsimilarmeaning"In the desert hath he made springs of water, and pools upon the tops of the mountains, that the floods might pour down from the high rocks to water the earth." 2 Esdras 16:60 KJVcopysave
In the desert hath he made springs of water, and pools upon the tops of the mountains, that the floods might pour down from the high rocks to water the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:18chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:" Wisdom of Solomon 7:18 KJVcopysave
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
Wisdom of Solomon 19:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature." Wisdom of Solomon 19:20 KJVcopysave
The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
Ecclesiasticus 38:29chapter contextsimilarmeaning"So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;" Ecclesiasticus 38:29 KJVcopysave
So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
Ecclesiasticus 24:31chapter contextsimilarmeaning"I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea." Ecclesiasticus 24:31 KJVcopysave
I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
1 Maccabees 7:46chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left." 1 Maccabees 7:46 KJVcopysave
Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left.
Ecclesiasticus 32:5chapter contextsimilarmeaning"A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold." Ecclesiasticus 32:5 KJVcopysave
A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
Susanna 1:14chapter contextsimilarmeaning"So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone." Susanna 1:14 KJVcopysave
So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone.
Ecclesiasticus 32:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine." Ecclesiasticus 32:6 KJVcopysave
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
1 Esdras 3:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace." 1 Esdras 3:24 KJVcopysave
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
Ecclesiasticus 31:29chapter contextsimilarmeaning"But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling." Ecclesiasticus 31:29 KJVcopysave
But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.
Ecclesiasticus 40:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Wine and musick rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both." Ecclesiasticus 40:20 KJVcopysave
Wine and musick rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both.
1 Esdras 3:18chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:" 1 Esdras 3:18 KJVcopysave
And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
1 Esdras 3:23chapter contextsimilarmeaning"But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done." 1 Esdras 3:23 KJVcopysave
But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
Tobit 4:15chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey." Tobit 4:15 KJVcopysave
Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey.
Ecclesiasticus 25:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad." Ecclesiasticus 25:25 KJVcopysave
Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
Judith 12:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born." Judith 12:20 KJVcopysave
And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
Ecclesiasticus 3:30chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins." Ecclesiasticus 3:30 KJVcopysave
Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins.
Ecclesiasticus 31:28chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:" Ecclesiasticus 31:28 KJVcopysave
Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:7chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:" Wisdom of Solomon 2:7 KJVcopysave
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
Ecclesiasticus 31:26chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness." Ecclesiasticus 31:26 KJVcopysave
The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
Ecclesiasticus 19:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent." Ecclesiasticus 19:2 KJVcopysave
Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.