10 Bible Verses about Addictions
Most Relevant Verses
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ; Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness. What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.