Temperance: General Scriptures Concerning

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

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.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, …

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

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.

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. …

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

…not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

…and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;