40 Bible Verses about alcoholism

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for princes to take strong drink,

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

"Come," say they, "I will get 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:

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

"You shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."'

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.

and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.

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

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

And Hannah answered, "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 the LORD.

When you eat, and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Now therefore please be careful and drink no wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

"Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies.

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Likewise, even 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 ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

You cannot both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

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

"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you do not die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is justified by her actions."

In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;

So Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you."

but he said to me, 'Behold, you 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 until the day of his death.'"

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

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

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'

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

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

For he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the body.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles.

Do not look at 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 strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

For enough time in the past has been spent doing the will of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.