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Proverbs 23:31 prohibits the use of wine: "Do not look on the wine when it is red,/When it sparkles in the cup,/When it goes down smoothly."  (NASB)

Proverbs 23:31 prohibits the use of wine: "Do not look on the wine when it is red,/When it sparkles in the cup,/When it goes down smoothly."  (NASB)

The Bible does not mention "alcohol" or alcoholic "beer", but the [[ESV]] has 236 references to "wine", about 80% in the [[Old Testament]].

The Bible does not mention "alcohol" or alcoholic "beer" or "booze",<ref>But see [[Luke 9-16 (Translated)]] (Chap. 15, prodigal Son).</ref> but the [[ESV]] has 236 references to "wine", about 80% in the [[Old Testament]].

The Greek term (γλευκος or gleukos) is ambiguous but suggests the sweet version (grape juice) rather than the sour version of wine.  All the [[New Testament]] references could be translated as "grape juice," which was highly valued at the time (and even protected by watchtowers), rather than as "wine".  Yet the ESV translates the term as "wine" every single time.  Only once in the entire Bible does the ESV refer to grape juice, and that is in its translation of Numbers 6:3 where the original text spells things out as to foreclose any mistranslation:  "... and shall not eat any  juice of grapes or eat ...."

The Greek term (γλευκος or gleukos) is ambiguous but suggests the sweet version (grape juice) rather than the sour version of wine.  All the [[New Testament]] references could be translated as "grape juice," which was highly valued at the time (and even protected by watchtowers), rather than as "wine".  Yet the ESV translates the term as "wine" every single time.  Only once in the entire Bible does the ESV refer to grape juice, and that is in its translation of Numbers 6:3 where the original text spells things out as to foreclose any mistranslation:  "... and shall not eat any  juice of grapes or eat ...."