40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers.

He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember [any] more.

"Come, let me take wine, and let us carouse [with] intoxicating drink, and tomorrow will be like today, {very great indeed}."

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.

And he drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he exposed himself in the midst of his tent.

"And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Drink and become drunk, and vomit, and fall, and you must not rise because of the {presence} of the sword that I [am] sending among you." '

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)

You may spend the money for anything {that you desire}, for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for anything {that you desire}, and you shall eat [it] there {before} Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.

Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of {their meat}.

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

Go--eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart! For God already has approved your deeds.

They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.

And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking [for yourselves]?

So then, be careful and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean,

Woe to [him who] gives a drink to his neighbors, pouring out your wrath and also making [them] drunk in order to see their nakedness!

Ah! Heroes at drinking wine, and men of capability at mixing strong drink!

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot--they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed [them] all.

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

he will abstain from wine and fermented drink; he will not drink wine vinegar or vinegar of fermented drink; he will not drink the fruit juice of grapes or eat fresh or dry grapes.

"You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations--

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,

Then Eli said to her, "How long will you behave like someone [who is] drunk? Put away your wine!"

And he said to me, 'Look, you [will] conceive and bear a son, so then, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, for the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.'"

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.

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

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a man [who is] 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 the day Noah entered into the ark.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For the one who eats and drinks, [if he] does not recognize the body, eats and drinks judgment against himself.

[It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.

To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,