35 Bible Verses about alcoholism

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

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

Come ye, [they say], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.

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

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

And thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

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

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

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

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

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

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

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before LORD.

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

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

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

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

And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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

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.

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.

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--

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

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.

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.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark.

envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.