The word in Scripture

Wine in the Bible

The word wine appears 231 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Wine gladdens the heart and marks covenant and celebration in Scripture. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What wine means in the Bible

Wine gladdens the heart and marks covenant and celebration in Scripture.

Where the word wine appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word wine appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.”Psalms 78:65

“And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.”Psalms 104:15

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!”Isaiah 5:11

“Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.”Isaiah 29:9

“No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.”Luke 5:39

“For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.”Luke 7:33

“And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.”John 2:3

“So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.”John 4:46