1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Drinke no longer water, but vse a little wine for thy stomackes sake, and thine often infirmities.
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- Proverbs 31:4–7Rank 2 from verse 23
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drinke wine, nor for Princes, strong drinke:
5††Lest they drinke, and forget the Law, and peruert the iudgement of any of the afflicted.
6*†Giue strong drinke vnto him that is ready to perish, and wine vnto those that be of heauie hearts.
7Let him drinke, and forget his pouertie, and remember his misery no more.
- 1 Timothy 4:4Rank 3 from verse 23
- 1 Timothy 3:3Rank 4 from verse 23
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- Leviticus 10:9–11Rank 8 from verse 23
9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
9Doe not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when ye goe into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest yee die: It shall bee a statute for euer, throughout your generations:
10And that ye may put difference betweene holy and vnholy, and betweene vncleane and cleane:
11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken vnto them by the hand of Moses.
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1 Timothy 5:23
For a greater length, extent, or duration.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Employment, purpose, or customary practice. Sense 2: As a verb, to employ or be accustomed.
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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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infirmities
Weaknesses, frailties, sicknesses, or afflictions, whether bodily or otherwise.
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22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither bee partaker of other mens sinnes. Keepe thy selfe pure.
23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
23Drinke no longer water, but vse a little wine for thy stomackes sake, and thine often infirmities.
Selected passage24Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
24Some mens sinnes are open before hand, going before to iudgement: and some men they follow after.