40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Then the Lord said to me, "Tell them that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can't get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.'

(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.

And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?'"

Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.

"You who force your neighbor to drink wine are as good as dead -- you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their genitals.

Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage -- right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

"Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

So he said to her, "How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!"

He said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.'"

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

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

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.