From Nave’s Topical Bible
Abstinence, Total
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 20Passages listed
- 10Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- FROM INTOXICATING BEVERAGESLeviticus 10:8–10Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:4Judges 13:4Judges 13:13Judges 13:14Esther 1:8Proverbs 23:20Proverbs 23:31Proverbs 23:32Proverbs 31:4Jeremiah 35:6–8Jeremiah 35:14Luke 1:15
- INSTANCES OF
- Israelites in the wildernessDeuteronomy 29:6
- Samson with 13:3-5,13,14Judges 16:17Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:4
- DanielDaniel 1:8Daniel 1:12
- RechabitesJeremiah 35:6–14
- John the BaptistMatthew 11:18Luke 1:15Luke 7:33
- See Temperance
The passages, in Bible order (20)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Leviticus 10:8–10
Then the LORD said to Aaron,
Commentary on Leviticus 10:8–101 voice
And the Lord spake unto Aaron,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 6:3
he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
Commentary on Numbers 6:32 voices
He shall separate himself from wine,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
No vinegar of wine, etc. - חמץ chomets signifies fermented wine, and is probably used here to signify wine of a strong body, or any highly intoxicating liquor. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the Leper being the most defiled and loathsome of creatures, was an emblem of the wretched, miserable state of man by the fall; and that the Nazarite was the emblem of man in his state of innocence.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Numbers 6:4
All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
Commentary on Numbers 6:41 voice
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 29:6
You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:62 voices
Ye have not eaten bread,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Ye have not eaten bread, etc. - That is, ye have not been supported in an ordinary providential way; I have been continually working miracles for you, that ye might know that I am the Lord. Thus we find that God had furnished them with all the means of this knowledge, and that the means were ineffectual, not because they were not properly calculated to answer Gods gracious purpose, but because the people were not workers with God; consequently they received the grace of God in vain. See 2Co 6:1.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Judges 13:4
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Commentary on Judges 13:42 voices
After the spirit of the Hebrews had been so subdued by the pressure of a long subjection that no one dared with a manly spirit to rouse them to liberty, Samson, fore-ordained by the Divine oracle, was raised up to them. A great man he was, not one of the multitude, but first among the few, and beyond controversy far excelling all in bodily strength.
Ambrose of Milan· Letter 19.10-11, 397Patristic
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 13:13
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
Commentary on Judges 13:131 voice
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,.... Giving him no direct answer to his question, either what should be done to the child, or what that should do; only reminds of and repeats what he had said to his wife, which she should be careful to observe and would, and that was enough for him to know: of all that I said to the woman, let her beware; take to abstain from everything in eating and drinking during the time of her going with child, he had joined, which are particularly repeated in the next verse.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 13:14
She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
Commentary on Judges 13:142 voices
She may not eat of anything that cometh from the vine,.... Grapes moist or dried, kernels, or husks, or anything made of them: neither let her drink wine, or strong drink; as she was to be careful to abstain from such liquors, so her husband also is enjoined not to suffer her to drink any: nor eat any unclean thing; which was so by the law of Moses, and particularly by the law of the Nazarites: all that I commanded her, let her observe; both with respect to herself and the child.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Compare Num 6:4. In both passages the vine is described by the somewhat unusual though more accurate term, vine of the wine - the grape-bearing vine - to distinguish it from the wild cucumber vine 2Ki 4:39, or other plants to which the name vine was applied.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Judges 16:17
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
Commentary on Judges 16:172 voices
It is said that Samson, according to the instruction of the Angel, did not permit a razor to come upon his head; but his hair grew, and he became the strongest of men. It was a wondrous thing that with his hair he was strong, …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5, 1257Patristic
But last of all the wanton woman complaining that she had been so often deceived, and grieving that her lover deemed her unworthy to be entrusted with his secret, and that under her pretext of succour her treacherous purpose was suspected, won his confidence by her tears. By this means, and because also it was ordained that this man of hitherto unshaken fortitude should fall into calamity, Samson was touched and opened to her his heart.
Ambrose of Milan· Letter 19, 397Patristic
- Esther 1:8
By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
Commentary on Esther 1:82 voices
Though these preparations for so rich a feast seem intended to portray in concrete terms the parade of wealth and the abundance of delights possessed by a powerful king, it is actually a very sanctified allegory which symbolizes the magnitude of spiritual riches, and the …
Rabanus Maurus· Commentary on Esther, 856Patristic
And the drinking was according to the law, none did compel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 23:20
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Commentary on Proverbs 23:202 voices
Do not be among winebibbers, etc. For to bring meats to be eaten, is in conversation of derogation, to repeatedly mention the vices of neighbors, about whose punishment it is immediately added:
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
Be not amongst winebibbers,.... Who drink to excess, otherwise wine may be drank, provided moderation is used; but it is not good to be in company with, excessive drinkers of it, lost a habit of excessive drinking should be acquired; among riotous eaters of flesh; flesh may be lawfully eaten, but not in a riotous manner, so as to indulge to gluttony and surfeiting; nor should such persons be kept company with that do so, lest their ways should be learned and imitated.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 23:31
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Commentary on Proverbs 23:311 voice
The devil draws man to the concupiscence of the flesh, to the concupiscence of the eyes, and to the pride of life. The concupiscence of the eyes, which is the fuel of concupiscence and pride, makes men strong, because men endure many things in order …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5, 1257Patristic
- Proverbs 23:32
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Commentary on Proverbs 23:321 voice
At the last it biteth like a serpent,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Commentary on Proverbs 31:42 voices
We read in another place: "And wine gladdens the heart of man." We read also in the Song of Songs: "Come, brothers, drink and be inebriated." And wine which gladdens the heart of man. This fleshly wine does not gladden the heart of man, but overwhelms it, and makes it mad. Indeed, it is written that those who are powerful should not drink wine. The apostle too writes that we ought not to drink wine and eat flesh. Again it is said to us: And wine gladdens the heart of man.
Jerome· HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 42 (PSALM 127), 420Patristic
It is not for kings, O Lemuel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jeremiah 35:6–8
“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
Commentary on Jeremiah 35:6–82 voices
The sons of Jonadab, we are told, drank neither wine nor strong drink and dwelled in tents pitched wherever night overtook them. According to the Psalter, they were the first to undergo captivity; for, when the Chaldaeans began to ravage Judah, they were compelled to take refuge in cities.Others may think what they like and follow each his own bent. But to me a town is a prison and solitude paradise. Why do we long for the bustle of cities, we whose very name speaks of loneliness?
Jerome· LETTER 125.7-8, 420Patristic
[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section which we are going to discuss, is historically prior to the two previous sections.
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 35:14
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
Commentary on Jeremiah 35:142 voices
[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section which we are going to discuss, is historically prior to the two previous sections.
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN, 420Patristic
The God of all commands the prophet to tell all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "These people refuse to drink wine because they keep the commandment of their father, but you do not conduct yourselves according to my laws, although you receive the teachings of the …
Theodoret of Cyrus· ON JEREMIAH 7:35.6-7, 458Patristic
- Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
Commentary on Daniel 1:82 voices
Verse 8. "Daniel, however, purposed in his heart that he would not be defiled by food from the king's table, nor by the wine which he drank, and he asked the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be polluted." He who would not eat or drink of the king's food or wine lest he be denied (especially if he should be aware that the wisdom and teaching of the Babylonians is mistaken), would never consent to utter what was wrong.
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ONE, 420Patristic
But Daniel purposed in his heart,.... It being proposed to him to be brought up in the manner before described, he revolved it in his mind; he well weighed it, and considered it with himself, and came to a resolution about it.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed