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Bible verses about addiction and drinking.

59 verses about addiction and drinking from the King James Version, the most loved first.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about addiction and drinking.

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

John 8:36 ›

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ›

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21 ›

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Ephesians 5:18 ›

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 Peter 5:8 ›

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his…

Proverbs 23:29-35 ›

All 59 verses about addiction and drinking.

  • Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • John 8:36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:12All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  • Galatians 5:19-21Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance…
  • Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
  • 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Proverbs 23:29-35Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-10Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor…
  • Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  • Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
  • Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
  • Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day…
  • 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
  • Proverbs 31:4-7It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the…
  • Matthew 11:28-30Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in…
  • Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
  • Psalms 107:13-14Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able…
  • Romans 6:12-14Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of…
  • Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto…
  • Romans 7:15-25For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the…
  • Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Galatians 5:16-17This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against…
  • Titus 2:11-12For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live…
  • Hebrews 12:1-2Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily…
  • James 4:7-8Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands…
  • Deuteronomy 21:20-21And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.…
  • Proverbs 21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • Proverbs 23:20-21Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man…
  • Isaiah 5:11-12Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! And the harp…
  • Isaiah 28:1-3Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them…
  • Isaiah 28:7-8But 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…
  • Isaiah 56:12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
  • Hosea 7:5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
  • Joel 1:5-6Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. For a nation is come up…
  • Amos 6:6-7That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Therefore now shall…
  • Habakkuk 2:15-17Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!…
  • Matthew 24:49-51And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not…
  • 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer…
  • Deuteronomy 29:19-21And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the…
  • 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
  • Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
  • Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
  • Isaiah 19:14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in…
  • Isaiah 24:9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
  • Isaiah 24:11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
  • Jeremiah 25:27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more…
  • Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel…
  • Joel 3:3And 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 2:8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
  • Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
  • Micah 2:11If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of…
  • Nahum 1:10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
  • Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and…
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7-8For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the…

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about addiction and drinking?

The Bible speaks to addiction and drinking in verses such as Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging”, and John 8:36, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about addiction and drinking are most loved?

Among the most loved is Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.” Others are John 8:36, 1 Corinthians 6:12 and Galatians 5:21.

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