Nave Scripture-reference index
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
29 indexed verses · Showing 1–29. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Esther 1:7 (KJV)
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Esther 1:8 (KJV)
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Proverbs 23:1 (KJV)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2 (KJV)
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3 (KJV)
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 25:16 (KJV)
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Daniel 1:8 (KJV)
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Daniel 1:12 (KJV)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel 1:13 (KJV)
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
Daniel 1:14 (KJV)
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:15 (KJV)
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Daniel 1:16 (KJV)
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Romans 13:14 (KJV)
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 9:25 (KJV)
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV)
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Philippians 4:5 (KJV)
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 (KJV)
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 (KJV)
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 (KJV)
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Timothy 3:2 (KJV)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:3 (KJV)
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 Timothy 3:8 (KJV)
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Titus 1:7 (KJV)
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Titus 1:8 (KJV)
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus 2:2 (KJV)
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus 2:3 (KJV)
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Titus 2:12 (KJV)
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
2 Peter 1:5 (KJV)
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2 Peter 1:6 (KJV)
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.