5 Bible Verses about Sobriety

Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its colour in the cup, it goes down smoothly.

Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,

Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor is beer for princes lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Give beer unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto those that have heavy hearts. read more.
They drink and forget their need and remember their misery no more.

The Word is faithful, If anyone desires the office of a bishop, , he desires a difficult ministry. It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous; read more.
one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity; (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation of God?) not a novice, lest being puffed up, he fall into judgment of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of those who are outside lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Likewise the deacons must be honest, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain; holding the mystery of the faith together with a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them minister, if they are blameless. The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

But speak thou the things which are expedient unto sound doctrine, that the aged men be temperate, venerable, prudent, sound in faith, in charity, in tolerance. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of honesty; read more.
that they may teach the young women to be prudent, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be temperate, chaste, good housekeepers, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be temperate; in all things showing thyself as an example of good works, in doctrine showing integrity, seriousness, purity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that the adversary may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Exhort slaves to be subject to their own masters and to please them well in all things; not contradicting; not defrauding, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world;

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet, the hope of saving health.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,

Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,

But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, temperate, just, holy, gentle,

It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

In like manner also that the women adorn themselves in an honest manner, with shyness and modesty, not with ostentatious hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing

teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world;

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world;

Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,

But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

Therefore I say through the grace given unto me, to all those that are among you not to obtain more knowledge than is prudent to know, but to obtain knowledge with temperance, each one according to the measure of faith that God has dealt.

But the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, temperate and watch unto prayer.

teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world;

that they may teach the young women to be prudent, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Young men likewise exhort to be temperate;

that the aged men be temperate, venerable, prudent, sound in faith, in charity, in tolerance.

The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.