17 Bible Verses about Addiction

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it.

He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

in which also ye -- ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification, for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ! whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.