102 Bible Verses about Alcohol

Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.

It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and weakened.

Nazirites must never drink wine, liquor, vinegar made from wine or liquor, or any kind of grape juice. They must never eat fresh grapes or raisins.

Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your many infirmities.

Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

You are doomed! Heroes of the wine bottle! Brave and fearless when it comes to mixing drinks!

Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, liquor-whatever you choose. Then you and your family will eat and enjoy yourselves there in the presence of Jehovah your God.

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.

These also stagger from wine and reel from beer. Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine. They reel from beer. They stagger when seeing visions. They stumble when rendering decisions.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who stay long at the wine. They seek mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.read more.
In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things and your heart (and mind) will utter perverse things. You will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea; like one who lies on top of a mast. They struck me but I did not become sick. They beat me and I did not feel it. When will I awake? I will seek drink yet again.

You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

He will be great in the eyes of God. He will not drink wine or strong drink and he will be full of Holy Spirit from the time of his birth.

Your silver is not pure. Your beer is watered down.

Jehovah holds a cup in his hand. The wine foams and is well mixed. So he pours from it. Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

Awake, you drunkards, and weep! Wail you drinkers of wine. The sweet wine is removed from your mouth.

On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

May God give you of the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and an abundance of grain and new wine.

He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

Do not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who stay long at the wine. They seek mixed wine.

There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee on the third day. The mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the marriage feast. They ran out of wine. So the mother of Jesus said to him: They have no wine.read more.
Jesus said to her: Woman what have I to do with you? My hour has not arrived. His mother told the servants to do whatever he says. Six stone water jars were placed there to honor purification rules of the Jews. Each contained more than twenty gallons. Jesus said to them: Fill the jars with water. They filled them to the brim. Draw some out, he said, and take it to the master of the feast. So they drew some out. The master of the feast did not know about the water turned into wine. He tasted it and called the bridegroom. He said to him: Every man sets out the good wine first. When the men have drunk freely the lower quality wine is served. You have kept the good wine until now. This was the first miracle Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. It gave evidence of his glory and his disciples believed in him.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

Woe to anyone who gives his neighbors drink and empties his bottle. He makes them drunk and then looks on their nakedness.

Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.

Others mockingly said: These men are full of new wine.

King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.

Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

He ate cheese from cows and drank milk from sheep and goats. He gave them fat (the best from the flock) from lambs, rams from the stock of Bashan, male goats, and the best wheat. He drank the blood-red wine of grapes.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine. At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.

Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine.

He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine.

Neither do men put new wine in old wineskins. The skins burst and the wine is lost. They put new wine in fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

But the vine answered: 'I could not govern you for I would have to stop producing my wine. It makes gods and human beings happy.'

Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.

Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation. You must learn the difference (distinction) between what is holy and what is not holy and between the clean and the unclean. You must also teach the people of Israel everything that I commanded Moses to say to them.

They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.

He said to her: Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up! No, I am not drunk, she answered. I have not been drinking! I am desperate. I have prayed and poured out my troubles to Jehovah.

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter. Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

I searched in my mind how to stimulate my flesh with wine. My mind guided my heart with wisdom. I possessed foolishness until I could see what was good for the sons of men. I saw what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

You are blessed, O land, when your king is the son of nobles and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

They no longer drink wine with a song. The beverage is bitter to its drinkers.

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects, envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

Your barns will be filled with plenty. Your vats will overflow with new wine.

He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers.

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'A gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Wisdom is justified by its actions.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

I will feed oppressors with their own flesh. They will be intoxicated with their own blood as if by sweet wine. Everyone will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Those who stay long at the wine. They seek mixed wine.

Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he and his two daughters moved up into the hills and lived in a cave. The older daughter said to her sister: Our father is getting old. There are no men in the whole world to marry us so we can have children. Come, let us get our father drunk. Then we can sleep with him and have children by him.read more.
That night they gave him wine to drink. The older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he did not know it. The next day the older daughter said to her sister: I slept with him last night. Let us get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father. So that night they got him drunk. The younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he did not know it. Both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father. The older daughter had a son, whom she named Moab. He was the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. The younger daughter also had a son, whom she named Ben-ammi. He was the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.

David invited him for dinner. Uriah ate with David and drank so much that he got drunk. However he still did not go home. He went out and slept on his mat near the palace guards.

They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Listen and be wise, my son, and direct your heart in the way. Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons.

Jehovah has poured into them a spirit of dizziness. They make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

None of the priests may drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard.

They cast lots for my people, and traded a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

My heart is broken within me. All my bones tremble! I have become like a drunken man, even like a man overcome with wine. This is because of Jehovah and because of his holy words.

I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink.

I tell you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

As the wine offering with the first lamb, pour out at the altar two pints of wine.

Noah, a man of the soil, planted a vineyard. He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent. Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.read more.
Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him. He (Noah) said: Canaan is cursed! He will be a lowly slave to his brothers. He also said: Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

I led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you. Your sandal has not worn out on your foot. You have not eaten bread. You have not drunk wine or strong drink. This in order that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.

Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps (cobras).

David said to Abigail: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me. Blessed is your good judgment and blessed are you for keeping me from slaughtering people today and from getting a victory by my own efforts. I solemnly promise as Jehovah the God of Israel lives that if you had not come to meet me Nabal would not have had one of his men alive at dawn.read more.
Then David accepted what she brought him. He said: Go home in peace. I have listened to what you said and I grant your request. When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king's banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn. In the morning after the effects of the wine wore off his wife told him what had happened. Nabal had a stroke. He could not move. Ten days later Jehovah made him sicker and Nabal died.

Absalom gave an order to his servants: Watch now and when Amnon begins to feel good from drinking too much wine, I will tell you, Attack Amnon. Then kill him. Do not be afraid. I give this order. Be strong and courageous. Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom ordered. Then all the king's sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.

In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah. He was king for two years. His servant Zimri, commander of half his war-carriages made plans to kill him. He was in Tirzah, drinking hard at the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah. Zimri attacked and killed him. It was the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah.

Benhadad heard this when he and his allies were drinking in their tents. He told his officers to get ready. So they got prepared to attack the city. A prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and said: This is what Jehovah says: 'Have you seen this large army? I will hand it over to you today. Then you will know that I am Jehovah.' Ahab asked: How will this be done? The prophet answered: This is what Jehovah says: 'By using the young officers of the district governors. Who will start the battle? Ahab asked. You will, the prophet answered.read more.
Ahab mustered the young officers of the district governors. There were two hundred and thirty-two. After counting them, he counted all the Israelite soldiers. There were seven thousand. In the middle of the day they went out. But Benhadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him. The servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first. Benhadad sent out a patrol and they told him: Men have come out from Samaria. He said: If they have come out for peace, take them alive and if they have come out for war, take them alive. So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army following them. Each one killed his opponent. The Syrians (Aramaeans) went in flight with Israel after them. Benhadad the king of Aram got away safely on a horse with his horsemen. The king of Israel took the horses and the war-carriages and caused great destruction among the Syrians.

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth. Instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

The tables are covered with vomit and there is no spot without filth.

Noah, a man of the soil, planted a vineyard. He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

He said to him: Every man sets out the good wine first. When the men have drunk freely the lower quality wine is served. You have kept the good wine until now.

Jehovah said to Aaron: Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation. You must learn the difference (distinction) between what is holy and what is not holy and between the clean and the unclean.read more.
You must also teach the people of Israel everything that I commanded Moses to say to them.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine with them. While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the Temple in Jerusalem. This way the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the Temple of the House of God that was at Jerusalem. The king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.read more.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.

Put on (live like) (clothe yourself with) the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient (profitable) (good). All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the authority (power) (control) of anything.

You have not eaten bread. You have not drunk wine or strong drink. This in order that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.

It will happen in that day that the mountains will drop sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the brooks of Judah will flow with water. A fountain will come forth from the house of Jehovah and water the valley of Shittim.

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, that the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes by the one who sows seed. The mountains will drop sweet wine, and all the hills will melt.

She prepared her food and mixed her wine. She furnished her table.

In that day sing about a fruitful vineyard:

But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,