vinegar
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22And they gave me gall for my food. And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
34And they gave him wine to drink, mixed with gall. And when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
26Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him.
20and like one who loosens his garment in cold weather. Whoever sings verses to a wicked heart is like vinegar on baking soda. Just like a moth to a garment, and a worm to wood, so too does the sadness of a man do harm to the heart.
29And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.
48And one of them, running quickly, took a sponge and filled it with vinegar, and he set it on a reed and he gave it to him to drink.
14And Boaz said to her, “When mealtime begins, come here, and eat bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And so she sat beside the reapers, and she piled up parched grain for herself, and she ate and was satisfied, and carried off the leftovers.
23And they gave him wine with myrrh to drink. But he did not accept it.
3shall abstain from wine and from anything which is able to inebriate. They shall not drink vinegar made from wine or from any other drink, nor anything pressed from the grape. They shall not eat grapes, neither fresh nor dried.
36And the soldiers also ridiculed him, approaching him and offering him vinegar,
36Then one of them, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and placing it around a reed, gave it to him to drink, saying: “Wait. Let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.”