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What Does the Bible Say About Vinegar?

Here are 11 Bible verses about vinegar, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Psalms 69:21

    They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

    BSBThey poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

  2. #2Matthew 27:34

    They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

    BSBthey offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

  3. #3Proverbs 10:26

    As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

    BSBLike vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

  4. #4Proverbs 25:20

    As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

    BSBLike one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  5. #5John 19:29

    Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

    BSBA jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

  6. #6Matthew 27:48

    And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

    BSBOne of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

  7. #7Ruth 2:14

    And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

    BSBAt mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

  8. #8Mark 15:23

    And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

    BSBThere they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

  9. #9Numbers 6:3

    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.

    BSBhe is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.

  10. #10Luke 23:36

    And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

    BSBThe soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

  11. #11Mark 15:36

    And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

    BSBAnd someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

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