Ps. xlii, 2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the Living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Judges xv, 18. And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

1 Chron. xi, 17-19. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of the Philistiles, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, And said, my God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it: therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

2 Chron. xxxii, 11. Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Isa. xxix, 8. It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against

mount Zion.

Isa. xli, 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isa. xlix, 10. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Isa. lv, 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy, and cat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price.

for them out of the rock for their thirst.......

Ps. lxix, 21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Ps. cvii, 5. Hungry and thirsty

their soul fainted in them.

Isa, v, 13. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with

faint for thirst.

Zech. ix, 15. The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with slingstones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

Matth. v, 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after

Matth. xxv, 35. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.

John iv, 13-15. Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

that great day of the feast, Jesus John vii, 37. In the last day, stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Rom. xii, 20. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Rev. vii, 16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Rev. xxi, 6. And he said unto

me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

DRINK OF VARIOUS KINDS USUALLY TAKEN OR PRESENTED IN A CUP. Gen. xl 11. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup

into Pharaoh's hand.

had nothing, save one little ewe2 Sam. xii, 3. But the poor man lamb, which he had bought, and nourished up; and it grew up together with him, and with his children: it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

1 Kings x, 5. And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

Neh. i, 11. O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this

day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup-bearer.

Jer. xxxv, 5. And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

1 Cor. xi, 25-27. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as yo eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Ps. xi, 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their

cup.

Ps. xvi, 5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Ps. Ixxiii, 10. Therefore his people return hither; and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Ps. lxxv. 8. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

up.

Isa. li, 17. Awake, awake, stand O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury: thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

Jer. xvi, 7. Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourn ing, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Jer. xxv, 15, 17, 28. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me, Take the wine-cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink.

Jer. xlix, 12. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art

thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night: and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

Hab. ii, 16. Thou are filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

Mark vii, 4. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels and of tables.

Mark x, 38, 39. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I ain baptized with? And they say unto him, And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized.

We can.

drink of the wine of the wrath of Rev. xiv, 10. The same shall God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

Rev. xvi, 19. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

there with the LORD forty days Exod. xxxiv, 28. And he was and forty nights; he did neither eat bread nor drink water: and He wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

2 Sam. xi, 11. And Uriah said and Judah, abide in tents; and my unto David, The ark, and Israel, lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Sam. xix, 35. I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing-women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

1 Kings i, 25. For he is gone down this day, and hath slain abundance, and hath called all the oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat 1 Kings xviii, 41. And Elijah and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Rev. xviii, 6. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double, according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.

HENCE TO EAT AND DRINK,
OFTEN SIGNIFIES SIMPLY

TO TAKE A MEAL.
Gen. xxiv, 54. And they did

Neh, viii, 10. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye Sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Esther iv, 16. Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day.

Job 1, 4. And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters, to eat and to drink with them.

Jer. xxii, 15. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

Zech. vii, 6. And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Matth. vi, 25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Luke xii, 19, 45. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, cat, drink, and be But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men-servants and

merry.

maidens, and to eat and drink,

and to be drunken.

Luke xvii, 8, 27. And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Luke xxil, 30. That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

1 Cor. ix, 4. Have we not power

to eat and to drink?

1 Cor. xi, 22. What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What

WATER THE COMMON

BEVERAGE.

Gen. xxiv, 43. Behold, I stand by the well of water, and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink.

Exod. vil, 21, 24. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Exod. xv, 23. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Exod. xvii, 6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses Israel. did so in the sight of the elders of

Num. xx, 5, 17. And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomewater to drink. Let us pass, I granates; neither is there any pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go by the king's high-way, we will not turn until we have passed thy borders. to the right hand, nor to the left,

Deut. ii, 6. Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall aiso buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

1 Kings xvii, 10. So he arose, and went to Zarephath: and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks; and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

2 Kings iii, 17. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

through Nineveh, (by the decres of the king and his nobles) say Ing. Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water.

John iv, 7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

2 Kings xviii, 31. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern.

Job xxii, 7. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Prov. v, 15. Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Jer. ix, 15. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Mark ix, 41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

WINE ALSO SOMETIMES

DRUNK.

Gen. xix, 32-35. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went perceived not when she lay down, in, and lay with her father, and he nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger,

Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose.

Gen. xliii, 34. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Deut. xxviii, 39. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms shall eat them.

Neh. ii, 1. And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

Esther i, 8. 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.

Jer. xxxv, 2, 6. Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever.

Mark xv, 23. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with inyrrh: but he received it not.

Luke v. 37-39. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.

John il, 3. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Cant. viii, 2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Isa. v, 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.

Isa. xxiv, 9. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Ezek. xliv, 21. Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

Joel iii, 3. And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Amos vi, 6. That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

1 Tim. v, 23. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities.

Rev. xiv, 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,

because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Num. vi, 3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried."

beware, I pray thee, and drink not Judges xiii, 4. Now therefore wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

in the sight of the Lord, and shall Luke i, 15. For he shall be great drink neither wine nor strong

drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Isa. xxix, 9. Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

WEAK WINE CALLED VINE

GAR, SOMETIMES USED. Ps. Ixix, 21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

him vinegar to drink mingled with Matt. xxvii, 34, 48. They gave gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And took a spunge, and filled it with straightway one of them ran, and vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Prov. xx, 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Prov. xxxi. 6. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Isa. v, 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Isa. xxviii, 7. But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way: the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they

AND WINE ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED, AS THE MEANS

OF SUSTENANCE. Gen. xxvii, 28, 37. Therefore God give thee of the dew of hea ven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sus tained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son:

Deut. xvi, 13. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine.

Deut. xxxiii, 28. Israel then shall