31 Bible Verses about Alcoholic Beverages

and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

And thou shall bestow the money for whatever thy soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asks of thee. And thou shall eat there before LORD thy God, and thou shall rejoice, t

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.

No longer drink water, but use a little wine because of thy stomach and thy frequent weaknesses.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,

Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye not die--it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations--

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

Ye cannot drink the cup of Lord, and the cup of demons. Ye cannot be partakers of a table of Lord, and of a table of demons.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.

But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, forever.

Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who adds thy venom, and also makes him drunken, that thou may look on their nakedness!

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

And the drink-offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. In the holy place thou shall pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to LORD.

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

but he said to me, Behold, thou shall conceive, and bear a son. And now drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world? Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch

But I say to you, that I will, no, not drink of this fruit of the grapevine henceforth until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

And they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye may know that I am LORD your God.

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD; neither be ye grieved, for the joy of LORD is your strength.

they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. And having tasted it, he would not drink.

She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.

For thus says LORD: Behold, those to whom it did not pertain to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink. And are thou he who shall go altogether unpunished? Thou shall not go unpunished, but thou shall surely drink.