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Esther 1:7Beverages 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.Esther 1:8By 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.Proverbs 23:1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,Proverbs 23:2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.Proverbs 23:3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Proverbs 25:16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.Daniel 1:8But 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.Daniel 1:12“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.Daniel 1:13Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”Daniel 1:14So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.Daniel 1:15And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.Daniel 1:16So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone 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.1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.Philippians 4:5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.1 Thessalonians 5:7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.1 Timothy 3:8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.Titus 1:7As 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.Titus 1:8Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.Titus 2:2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;2 Peter 1:6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;