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Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Drinking wine in sobriety gives a contented life to men. If you drink it in moderation, you will be sober.

Sober drinking is healthful to mind and body.

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Do 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:

And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

Yet it instructs us in temperance, so that we are superior to all pleasures and lusts; and it exercises us in manliness, so that we cheerfully undergo every grievance.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

From the beginning, wine was created for cheerfulness, but not for inebriation.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory: